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Volkswagen plans major investment in electric cars

The Volkswagen Group is making plans to become a world-leading provider of sustainable mobility; its ‘TOGETHER – Strategy 2025 provides the framework, with the focus on transforming the core business and tapping potential new revenue streams. The Group is planning a broad-based initiative in this area: it intends to launch more than 30 purely battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) over the next ten years and estimates that such vehicles could then account for around a quarter of the global passenger ca
June 17, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
The 994 Volkswagen Group is making plans to become a world-leading provider of sustainable mobility; its ‘TOGETHER – Strategy 2025 provides the framework, with the focus on transforming the core business and tapping potential new revenue streams.

The Group is planning a broad-based initiative in this area: it intends to launch more than 30 purely battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) over the next ten years and estimates that such vehicles could then account for around a quarter of the global passenger car market. It forecasts that its own BEV sales will be between two and three million units in 2025, equivalent to some 20 to 25 per cent of the total unit sales expected at that time.

Presenting the new strategy, which he said “centres on transforming Volkswagen's core automotive business or, to put it another way, making a fundamental realignment in readiness for the new age of mobility, CEO Matthias Müller commented, "The Volkswagen Group will be more focused, efficient, innovative, customer-driven and sustainable – and systematically geared to generating profitable growth."

This will require us – following the serious setback as a result of the diesel issue – to learn from mistakes made, rectify shortcomings and establish a corporate culture that is open, value-driven and rooted in integrity," he explained.

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