There’s been so much focus on Volkswagen’s drastic plans to close factories and lay off employees, and rightfully so, but that overshadowed some actually pretty cool, uplifting news from the company. In a company report on its first-half-of-year sales, the group’s 4.1 million sales were not a bright spot overall … [continued]
While other legacy automakers have shied away from talking about electric vehicles in their PR lately, Volkswagen Group is still giving them a strong focus. In the company’s global quarterly report published this week, it seemed that they accounted for half the text. Here are the highlights. The opening quote … [continued]
The Volkswagen brand has reached another milestone in its electric vehicle journey. It has just delivered its 2 millionth fully electric vehicle. The milestone vehicle was a Volkswagen ID.3 produced in Volkswagen’s Zwickau factory, and then was delivered today to a customer at the company’s Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. … [continued]
Volkswagen saw strong electric vehicle sales growth in Europe last year, especially in its home market of Germany. It is probably no coincidence that Tesla sales plummeted in Europe, especially Germany, at the same time. I’ll circle back to that, but the bad news is that Volkswagen’s EV sales were … [continued]
The European Commission is preparing a legislative proposal on Clean Corporate Vehicles. This is a big opportunity to boost demand for Made-in-EU electric cars. Our analysis shows that already today, 73% of electric cars registered by companies were produced in the EU. For the private segment this was 63%. Because … [continued]
BEVs reach 21% market share! EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 399,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in September, which is the second best month ever for plugins, only behind the 412,000 units of December 2022. Expect December 2025 to establish a new record score, maybe even … [continued]
The Andrew Till/Mr. EV YouTube channel posted a video in the first week of October about driving from England to Italy with his family in a VW ID.7 Tourer, with its estimated 400 + miles of range. In the video’s chapters section, the charger locations are listed which are: IONITY … [continued]
As the parent of a 6th grader and a 3rd grader, I have gotten to watch many kids’ movies and shows over the past several years. The amount of work and thought and skill that goes into some of these is really amazing. One of my absolute definite favorites, though, … [continued]
September saw plugin EVs at 31.1% share in Germany, up from 23.7% share year-on-year. BEV volume increased by 32% YoY, while PHEVs grew 85%. Overall auto volume was 235,528 units, up some 13% YoY. September’s best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.3. September’s auto sales saw combined EVs at 31.1% share … [continued]
September’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 68.4% share in Sweden, up from 65.0% year-on-year. BEVs were down, and PHEVs were up. Overall auto volume was 25,199 units, down by some 2% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling BEV. September’s auto sales showed combined plugin EVs at 68.4% … [continued]
