Lead: According to foreign media reports, with the increase of carbon emission requirements and the development of electric vehicles, many automakers have formulated a timetable to stop the production of fuel vehicles. Volkswagen, a passenger car brand under the Volkswagen Group, plans to Stop production of gasoline vehicles in Europe.
According to the latest reports from foreign media, Volkswagen has accelerated to stop the production of fuel vehicles in Europe, and it is expected to advance to 2033 at the earliest.
Foreign media said in the report that Klaus Zellmer, the executive responsible for marketing of the Volkswagen passenger car brand, revealed in an interview that in the European market, they will abandon the internal combustion engine vehicle market in 2033-2035.
In addition to the European market, Volkswagen is expected to make similar moves in other important markets, but it may take a little longer than the European market.
In addition, Audi, the sister brand of Volkswagen, will also gradually abandon gasoline vehicles. Foreign media mentioned in the report that Audi announced last week that they will only launch pure electric vehicles from 2026, and that gasoline and diesel vehicles will be discontinued in 2033.
In the wave of developing electric vehicles, the Volkswagen Group is also making great efforts to transform. Former CEO Herbert Diess and his successor Oliver Bloom are promoting the electric vehicle strategy and accelerating the transformation to electric vehicles. And other brands are also transitioning to electric vehicles.
In order to transform to electric vehicles, the Volkswagen Group has also invested a lot of resources. The Volkswagen Group has previously announced that they plan to invest 73 billion euros, equivalent to half of their investment in the next five years, for electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and autonomous driving. systems and other digital technologies. Volkswagen has previously said it aims to have 70 percent of cars sold in Europe be electric by 2030.
Post time: Oct-31-2022