VW Slovakia reports 22.4% increase in vehicle production and model shifts in 2023 On May 31, Volkswagen Slovakia announced that it has ended 2023 with positive results, increasing vehicle production by 22.4% to 328,927 units at its Bratislava plant. The third segment saw notable changes with the discontinuation of Volkswagen up! and e-up! models, along with the Škoda Karoq SUV and the introduction of new generations of Volkswagen Passat and Ško...

News  Updated at: 2024/06/03

IAA Mobility 2023: Volkswagen Group reveals vision for future mobility transition On September 4, Volkswagen Group unveiled its strategy to advance its four key technology platforms (architecture, battery & charging, software, and mobility) and expand its sustainable mobility business as part of its transformation at the conference of IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich.The MEB+ platform, set for launch in 2025, promises a 10% boost in range and efficien...

News  Updated at: 2023/09/05

Volkswagen Group and Elli launch electricity trading on Europe’s energy exchange On July 12, Volkswagen Group and its brand Elli announced to become the first automotive company to trade on Europe's largest energy exchange, EPEX Spot. They use a stationary storage system called the "PowerCenter" made of e-up! batteries and a digital electricity trading platform from Elli.The focus is on an intelligent platform for trading, controlling, and opti...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/13

VW begins sales of e-up! in South America, starting in Uruguay Volkswagen announced that it has begun sales of the Volkswagen e-up! in South America, starting in Uruguay. The e-up! is the Volkswagen brand’s first fully electric model for the South American market. Volkswagen chose to launch the e-up! in Uruguay due to the established infrastructure in the country.The e-up! for the South American market weighs 1,160 kilograms. The low weight com...

News  Updated at: 2022/08/23

Volkswagen provides e-up!, ID.3 and ID.4 models to Onto, UK On October 21, Volkswagen announced that it will provide Onto’s electric-only fleet, with a mix of e-up!, ID.3 and ID.4 models will be available for Onto customers to book, and the high-profile deal will be highlighted with a television campaign from Onto, launching this week. Once delivered, these e-up!, ID.3 and ID.4 models will have a working life of around two years, following u...

News  Updated at: 2021/10/22

Volkswagen Group Components fires up next production stage in Germany On April 15, Volkswagen announced that the Volkswagen Group Components plant in Braunschweig is significantly expanding its production of battery systems for the latest electric vehicle generation. Following the first expansion stage with a maximum capacity of 250,000 battery systems, the second expansion stage has started up with the same capacity. This means that once the sit...

News  Updated at: 2021/04/16

Audi confirms Audi e-tron for Argentinian market The CEO of VW Group Argentina, Thomas Owsianski, announced that the Audi e-tron and the Audi e-tron Sportback mid-size battery-electric SUVs would be available in Argentina in the future. Thomas Owsianski made this announcement at a conference organized by LIDE, a private organization of entrepreneurs to encourage and promote business relations between Brazil and Argentina. During the conference, T...

News  Updated at: 2020/08/15

Volkswagen reports increasing demand for electric mobility in Germany On March 30, Volkswagen announced that it is focusing on stepping up electric mobility and is significantly expanding its range of fully electric models and hybrids. Even before the launch of the new ID. this summer, the demand for electric mobility has considerably increased in Germany: already every second order for the up! model series is for the fully electric version e-up!...

News  Updated at: 2020/03/31

Volkswagen expands WeShare in Europe On January 23, Volkswagen announced that its free-floating car sharing service, WeShare, is to expand into seven further cities in Germany and other European countries in 2020. Prague and Hamburg in the spring, are to be followed by Paris, Madrid, Budapest, Munich and Milan over the course of the year. In all these cities, WeShare will be offering an all-electric fleet with a total of about 8,400 electric vehi...

News  Updated at: 2020/01/24

Volkswagen and Hamburg extend strategic mobility partnership On November 21, Volkswagen announced that the strategic mobility partnership between the Volkswagen Group and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is to be extended. The focus lies on support for e-mobility, innovative mobility services, intelligent transport networking and the use of self-driving vehicles. The aim is to bring about a lasting improvement in inner city quality of life ...

News  Updated at: 2019/11/22

Volkswagen new generation e-up! with long range to be launched at low price On September 5, Volkswagen informed that it is making electric mobility affordable for everyone with the new e-up!. At EUR 21,975 (minus all subsidies: EUR 17,595) the base price is lower than that of the predecessor model. A particularly appealing offer will also be available upon the pre-sales launch: lease the e-up! at a monthly rate of only EUR 159 excluding extra pay...

News  Updated at: 2019/09/06

Volkswagen Group Components supplies complete electric drive for Beetle On September 5, Volkswagen informed that Volkswagen Group Components presents a holistic concept with its partner eClassics for the subsequent electrification of the historic Volkswagen Beetle. The conversion exclusively uses new parts they have mutually agreed on from the series production of Volkswagen Group Components. The electric drive, the 1-speed gearbox and the batter...

News  Updated at: 2019/09/05

Volkswagen WeShare launched in Berlin as full-electric service On June 27, Volkswagen informed that WeShare is now launched in Berlin. With 1,500 e-Golf vehicles, the Volkswagen brand is bringing onto the roads a 100 percent electric fleet and all the vehicles will be operated on green power. They are to be followed by 500 additional e-up! vehicles at the beginning of next year and the first units of Volkswagen’s new full-electric ID.3 when it ...

News  Updated at: 2019/06/27

Volkswagen and Schwarz Group to be strategic e-partners On June 19, Volkswagen informed that before the market launch of its full-electric car sharing service WeShare in Berlin at the end of June, Volkswagen has concluded a strategic partnership with the Lidl and Kaufland supermarket chains, which are owned by the Schwarz Group. The food retailers are to install 140 public charging stations for the electric vehicles of their customers at 60 Lidl ...

News  Updated at: 2019/06/20

Skoda launches eMobility pilot project in Czech On April 3, Skoda Auto informed that it will be providing ten prototypes of the all-electric Citigo E-Pilot built upon the basis of Volkswagen e-up! for selected customers to test in the Czech Republic. Before the start of series production of electric Citigo, Skoda would like to gain feedback and valuable suggestions from the testers and customers who will be putting the vehicle through its paces i...

News  Updated at: 2019/04/04

Volkswagen starts “We Share” e-mobility car sharing in Berlin On August 23, Volkswagen informed that the Volkswagen brand is to launch an extensive all-electric car sharing offering in selected major cities under its “We Share” sub-brand. The first fleet of vehicles will be rolled out in the German capital Berlin, and will comprise 1,500 e-Golf when the service begins operating in the second quarter of 2019, with an additional 500 e-up! ...

News  Updated at: 2018/08/24

VW starts production of e-Golf at refitted Transparent Factory in Dresden On April 3, Volkswagen announced the start of production of the e-Golf in Dresden, Germany following an investment of EUR 20 million and six months of work on modifications to the Transparent Factory.Initially, 250-300 people will be working at the plant in a single-shift operation.Production of the e-Golf will continue at the main Golf plant in Wolfsburg as well as Dresde...

News  Updated at: 2017/04/12

Volkswagen to produce vehicles in Rwanda On December 21, the Honorable Francis Gatare, Director of the Rwanda Development Board, and Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa, signed a memorandum of understanding for a new integrated mobility concept in Kigali, Rwanda.The concept includes car sharing and ride hailing services as well as the establishment of a local production facility to provide the vehicles used.Volkswagen's Kenyan p...

News  Updated at: 2016/12/27

Volkswagen to invest EUR 20 million to produce new e-Golf in Dresden On November 17, the Volkswagen brand announced that it is converting the Transparent Factory in Dresden into a production facility again.Beginning in April 2017, the new 300-km-range e-Golf is to be assembled there, initially in a single-shift operation.It will be the second production site for the model in addition to the main Golf plant in Wolfsburg.Volkswagen will be investin...

News  Updated at: 2016/11/18

TRW starts supplying new EPS to VW and FCA groups TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation has started supplying its new column drive electrically powered steering (EPS) for use in major vehicle platforms of the Volkswagen (VW) Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Group. The new column drive EPS is based on a modular and scalable architecture which allows for greater freedom of packaging and design. The EPS will be mounted on the platforms of 10 ...

News  Updated at: 2014/11/05