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Volkswagen offering subscriptions to ID.3 and ID.4 in Germany

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4 EVs in Germany with the launch of the Volkswagen AutoAbo subscription model. —Klaus Zellmer, Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen. In addition, Volkswagen will be launching its online leasing and sales offerings in Germany toward the end of 2021. Initially, to sell models from the ID.

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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

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Most of the pre-bookers live in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. —Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. batteries for eight years or 160,000 kilometres. More than 100,000 ID.

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Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

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German automaker Volkswagen has reported its full-year 2023 delivery numbers, featuring more deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) than ever before. As for key markets in 2023, Volkswagen says it sold the most BEVs in China, Germany, the U.S., percent increase year over year. “The 4 units for a 62.9

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After more than 1000 charges Volkswagen’s solid-state electric car battery cells retained 95 percent of the original capacity

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Volkswagen has announced that laboratory testing of its next-generation solid-state batteries has revealed that they will be capable of providing energy for more than 500,000km of driving without any loss of range. EXPLAINER: What is a solid state battery? READ MORE: Do EV batteries wear out?

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BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis

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The BMW Group has pooled its years of experience with battery cells and extensive knowledge in the field in a new Competence Center in Munich. The purpose of the facility is to advance battery cell technology and carefully dissect the production processes. The new Battery Cell Competence Center puts us in an enviable position.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. of the brand’s total deliveries, up from 2.3%

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Volvo Trucks and Bucher collaborate to electrify sewer cleaner trucks

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The largest markets for Volvo’s electric trucks in Europe currently are Norway, Sweden and Germany. The tractor models of the Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX Electric are released for sale now. Rigid versions will be released for sale in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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