Volkswagen: Roadmap for the electric future
TARGETS Volkswagen is gearing up for the day after tomorrow. Chief executive Herbert Diess has presented the technology roadmap for the Group in the areas of batteries and charging up to 2030. The goal is to reduce the complexity and cost of batteries. At the same time, Volkswagen wants to secure the demand for battery cells beyond 2025. To this end, six gigafactories are to be built in Europe by the end of the decade [...]
At the same time, Volkswagen wants to secure its demand for battery cells beyond 2025. To this end, six gigafactories for batteries with a total capacity of 240 gigawatt hours are to be built in Europe by the end of the decade.
Further stages in the value chain
Herbert Diess: "E-mobility has become our core business. Now we are integrating further stages in the value chain. We are securing a pole position in the race for the best battery and the best customer experience in the age of zero-emission mobility."
However, VW also wants to push ahead with the expansion of the fast-charging network. The European network is to be expanded with partners to 18,000 fast-charging stations by 2025. Cooperation with BP, Iberdrola and Enel will serve this purpose.
Herbert Diess: "We are combining the strengths of our brands and can thus scale future technologies even faster and make them available to as many people as possible. That is why the VW Group will continue to systematically develop its platform strategy. Across the Group, 27 new MEB models are scheduled to arrive by 2022."
Audi stops development of combustion engines
Audi boss Markus Duesmann: "The EU plans for an even stricter Euro 7 emissions standard are a huge technical challenge with little benefit for the environment. This places extreme restrictions on the internal combustion engine We will no longer develop a new internal combustion engine, but will adapt our existing engines to the new emissions guidelines."
