World premiere for the efficiency champion: Volkswagen ID.7 with a range of up to 700 km (WLTP)
World premiere for the efficiency champion: Volkswagen ID.7 with a range of up to 700 km (WLTP)
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Title: World premiere for the efficiency champion: Volkswagen ID.7 (ID.7 - Near-production concept car. The vehicle has not gone on sale yet.) with a range of up to 700 km (Depending on the battery size, forecasts indicate that WLTP ranges of up to 700 kilometres will be possible. WLTP range values for production vehicles may vary depending on equipment.) (WLTP)
Description: Volkswagen now presents the new ID.7, the brand’s first global electric model for the upper mid-size class. The combination of ranges up to 700 kilometres (WLTP) (Depending on the battery size, forecasts indicate that WLTP ranges of up to 700 kilometres will be possible. WLTP range values for production vehicles may vary depending on equipment.) , superior powertrain, spacious interior and premium technologies makes the ID.7 a comfortable limousine for long distance travel and opens up a new segment for the ID. family. Almost five metres long, the model also has an enhanced customer-focused operating concept and a high-quality appearance. The ID.7 launch is planned for this year in Europe and China, and from 2024 in North America.
World premiere for the efficiency champion: Volkswagen ID.7 with a range of up to 700 km (WLTP)
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Title: World premiere for the efficiency champion: Volkswagen ID.7 (ID.7 - Near-production concept car. The vehicle has not gone on sale yet.) with a range of up to 700 km (Depending on the battery size, forecasts indicate that WLTP ranges of up to 700 kilometres will be possible. WLTP range values for production vehicles may vary depending on equipment.) (WLTP)
Description: Volkswagen now presents the new ID.7, the brand’s first global electric model for the upper mid-size class. The combination of ranges up to 700 kilometres (WLTP) (Depending on the battery size, forecasts indicate that WLTP ranges of up to 700 kilometres will be possible. WLTP range values for production vehicles may vary depending on equipment.) , superior powertrain, spacious interior and premium technologies makes the ID.7 a comfortable limousine for long distance travel and opens up a new segment for the ID. family. Almost five metres long, the model also has an enhanced customer-focused operating concept and a high-quality appearance. The ID.7 launch is planned for this year in Europe and China, and from 2024 in North America.
Volkswagen Group brings products to market faster in China – development time reduced by around 30 percent
Volkswagen Group brings products to market faster in China – development time reduced by around 30 percent
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Title: Volkswagen Group brings products to market faster in China – development time reduced by around 30 percent
Description: The Volkswagen Group is systematically expanding its development expertise ‘in China for China’. The company is investing around EUR 1 billion in a new state-of-the-art development, innovation, and procurement centre for fully connected intelligent electric vehicles in the southern Chinese city of Hefei. The announcement was made today by the Volkswagen Group at the Shanghai Auto Show. The new company, with the project name ‘100%TechCo’, combines vehicles and components R&D teams with purchasing. This will leverage synergies in the development process and integrate state-of-the-art local technologies into product development at an early stage. The aim is to align the Group’s vehicles even more quickly with the wishes of Chinese customers and to achieve shorter time to market. With the launch of 100%TechCo in 2024, the development times of new products and technologies will be gradually shortened by around 30 percent.
Volkswagen Group brings products to market faster in China – development time reduced by around 30 percent
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Title: Volkswagen Group brings products to market faster in China – development time reduced by around 30 percent
Description: The Volkswagen Group is systematically expanding its development expertise ‘in China for China’. The company is investing around EUR 1 billion in a new state-of-the-art development, innovation, and procurement centre for fully connected intelligent electric vehicles in the southern Chinese city of Hefei. The announcement was made today by the Volkswagen Group at the Shanghai Auto Show. The new company, with the project name ‘100%TechCo’, combines vehicles and components R&D teams with purchasing. This will leverage synergies in the development process and integrate state-of-the-art local technologies into product development at an early stage. The aim is to align the Group’s vehicles even more quickly with the wishes of Chinese customers and to achieve shorter time to market. With the launch of 100%TechCo in 2024, the development times of new products and technologies will be gradually shortened by around 30 percent.
Volkswagen Group delivers 42 percent more all-electric vehicles in the first quarter
Volkswagen Group delivers 42 percent more all-electric vehicles in the first quarter
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Title: Volkswagen Group delivers 42 percent more all-electric vehicles in the first quarter
Description: The Volkswagen Group successfully continued its transition to electric mobility in the first quarter of 2023. By the end of March, deliveries of all-electric vehicles (BEVs) have risen by 42 percent compared to the prior-year period, which was hit harder by supply chain issues. A total of 141,000 BEVs were handed over to customers, up from 99,200 in the first quarter of 2022. BEVs made up 6.9 percent of total deliveries in this period, compared with 5.2 percent in the first three months of the previous year. Europe was the biggest growth driver here with an increase of 68 percent to 98,300 vehicles. The BEV order backlog in Western Europe remains high at over 260,000 vehicles.
Volkswagen Group delivers 42 percent more all-electric vehicles in the first quarter
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Title: Volkswagen Group delivers 42 percent more all-electric vehicles in the first quarter
Description: The Volkswagen Group successfully continued its transition to electric mobility in the first quarter of 2023. By the end of March, deliveries of all-electric vehicles (BEVs) have risen by 42 percent compared to the prior-year period, which was hit harder by supply chain issues. A total of 141,000 BEVs were handed over to customers, up from 99,200 in the first quarter of 2022. BEVs made up 6.9 percent of total deliveries in this period, compared with 5.2 percent in the first three months of the previous year. Europe was the biggest growth driver here with an increase of 68 percent to 98,300 vehicles. The BEV order backlog in Western Europe remains high at over 260,000 vehicles.
Volkswagen and PowerCo SE will build their largest cell factory to date in Canada
Volkswagen and PowerCo SE will build their largest cell factory to date in Canada
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Title: Volkswagen and PowerCo SE will build their largest cell factory to date in Canada
Description: The Volkswagen Group is pushing ahead with its ambitious electric vehicle (EV) strategy in North America. Its battery company PowerCo SE aims to build its largest gigafactory to date in St. Thomas, Ontario/Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 90 GWh in the final expansion phase. The planned investment of up to €4.8 billion / CAD$ 7 billion until 2030 has the potential to create up to 3,000 highly skilled jobs at the factory and tens of thousands more indirect jobs in the region. The announcement was made today in the presence of Canada’s Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, the Honourable François‑Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Ontario’s Premier, the Honourable Doug Ford, the Honourable Victor Fedeli, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Joe Preston, Mayor of the City of St. Thomas.
Volkswagen and PowerCo SE will build their largest cell factory to date in Canada
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Title: Volkswagen and PowerCo SE will build their largest cell factory to date in Canada
Description: The Volkswagen Group is pushing ahead with its ambitious electric vehicle (EV) strategy in North America. Its battery company PowerCo SE aims to build its largest gigafactory to date in St. Thomas, Ontario/Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 90 GWh in the final expansion phase. The planned investment of up to €4.8 billion / CAD$ 7 billion until 2030 has the potential to create up to 3,000 highly skilled jobs at the factory and tens of thousands more indirect jobs in the region. The announcement was made today in the presence of Canada’s Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, the Honourable François‑Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Ontario’s Premier, the Honourable Doug Ford, the Honourable Victor Fedeli, Ontario's Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and Joe Preston, Mayor of the City of St. Thomas.
New head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars
New head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars
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Title: New head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars
Description: Effective as of May 1, 2023, Elvira Tölkes will take over as head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars. In this function, she will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Thomas Schäfer. Tölkes has more than 30 years of experience in product development, production and quality assurance in the automotive sector. She is coming from AUDI, where she was recently responsible for an interdisciplinary digital transformation project in procurement and IT. Her predecessor, Christiane Engel, will take up the post of Spokesperson of the Management Board and Managing Director of the Technology Division of Volkswagen Osnabrück.
New head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars
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Title: New head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars
Description: Effective as of May 1, 2023, Elvira Tölkes will take over as head of Quality Assurance at Volkswagen Passenger Cars. In this function, she will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Thomas Schäfer. Tölkes has more than 30 years of experience in product development, production and quality assurance in the automotive sector. She is coming from AUDI, where she was recently responsible for an interdisciplinary digital transformation project in procurement and IT. Her predecessor, Christiane Engel, will take up the post of Spokesperson of the Management Board and Managing Director of the Technology Division of Volkswagen Osnabrück.
Volkswagen Group Technology: Bundling competencies to become a technology leader in e-mobility
Volkswagen Group Technology: Bundling competencies to become a technology leader in e-mobility
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Title: Volkswagen Group Technology: Bundling competencies to become a technology leader in e-mobility
Description: Volkswagen Group Technology is the central technology supplier for the electric vehicles based of the Volkswagen Group. In the case of the ID.7, Volkswagen's new flagship, the division contributes around 40 percent of the total value added – including a completely new, highly efficient electric drive generation. This was announced today by Thomas Schmall, Member of the Board of Management of Group Technology, at the Vienna Motor Symposium 2023. Since September 2020, Volkswagen Group Technology has already equipped more than 580,000 MEB vehicles of the Group with high-tech components, making it one of the largest suppliers in the world of e-mobility.
Volkswagen Group Technology: Bundling competencies to become a technology leader in e-mobility
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Title: Volkswagen Group Technology: Bundling competencies to become a technology leader in e-mobility
Description: Volkswagen Group Technology is the central technology supplier for the electric vehicles based of the Volkswagen Group. In the case of the ID.7, Volkswagen's new flagship, the division contributes around 40 percent of the total value added – including a completely new, highly efficient electric drive generation. This was announced today by Thomas Schmall, Member of the Board of Management of Group Technology, at the Vienna Motor Symposium 2023. Since September 2020, Volkswagen Group Technology has already equipped more than 580,000 MEB vehicles of the Group with high-tech components, making it one of the largest suppliers in the world of e-mobility.