Volkswagen will create the world for electric vehicles industrial cluster

16 March 2018

The Volkswagen Group prior to the end of 2022 will place the production of electric vehicles in 16 factories around the world

The automaker also said that some of its partners to ensure the production of batteries and related technologies for electric cars, invest in the two major markets in Europe and China, about €20 billion ($25 billion). Same deal for North America will follow in the near future, said Volkswagen. In total, worldwide production of electric vehicles of the group will be involved 16 plants.



    According to his widely announced plans VW plans to raise annual production to 3 million electric cars by 2025, utilizing for this purpose all the 12 brands under its ownership, including Volkswagen and Audi, Porsche, Skoda and Seat.



"Starting next year, VW Group begins to launch a new EV model "almost every month", – said CEO of the concern, Matthias müller at the traditional annual press conference on Tuesday. "Thus, we intend to produce the biggest share of the world fleet of electric vehicles", – he concluded.
Thus, VW's ambitious intends to run until 2025 at least 80 completely original models of electric vehicles and to offer electric versions of each of the 300 existing models of the Group by 2030.



  within the division of Volkswagen created a sub-brand I. D. for the release of vehicles on electric batteries. Its first model will be Neo hatchback, which goes on sale in 2020.



Firm Audi is expected to begin by the end of this year deliveries of the all-electric E-tron crossover.



  Such a high commitment of Volkswagen to radically revise its model range caused by the negative pressure from "desligada" that erupted in September 2015, causing a negative reaction of the public and the authorities on both sides of the Atlantic against diesel engines, which may soon even banned from operation in cities. Diesel had previously been a lifesaver in helping manufacturers to implement more stringent environmental regulations due to its efficiency, though, and threw nitric oxide, causing smog. The Volkswagen group is said in the person of Mr. Muller about his support for the change process stages, calling it: "part of the solution", as even Toyota removes the diesel version of its model range in Europe – the main market for vehicles with this type engine.



cost Reduction
The VW also said it plans to "curb costs" on the accelerating rate of release of electric vehicles. The development expenditure of the group decreased by 3.9% to €13.1 billion in 2017, equivalent to 6.7% of sales. The company has confirmed the objective to reduce the ratio to 6% by 2020.
Separately, VW has confirmed the forecast increase in car sales and revenues this year, and the group return on sales 6.5 to 7.5 percent before accounting for special items, compared with 7.4 percent last year.
By the way, operating profit at Audi rose last year to €5,06 billion, from €4.85 billion in 2016. At Porsche, this figure respectively, rose to €4 billion against €3,73 billion a year earlier..