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Volkswagen significantly expanding charging infrastructure at German sites; first High Power Charging stations with up to 300 kW

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Currently, there are already more than 1,200 charging points at Volkswagen’s ten sites in Germany. Further parks have been installed in Hanover, Brunswick, Salzgitter, Kassel, Emden, Osnabrück, Zwickau, Chemnitz and Dresden. Some 4,000 charging points are to be installed at the brand’s sites by 2025. Charger Pro (€849).

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Volkswagen outlines coming changes to charging for its EVs

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Customers can choose here between the basic version and two fully networked variants, which they can control using the We Connect ID. In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies.

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Rheinmetall logs €250M order for electric vacuum pumps for PHEVs

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The pumps will be installed in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in the Chinese plants of the customer. The electrical vacuum pump has been developed by Pierburg in Germany, where production started in 2017 for another order of the same customer. The ramp-up phase of production started last year.

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VW is ready to bring autonomous driving to large-scale production

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Buzz AD with tech company Mobileye following an extensive pilot phase in the US and Germany. Christian Senger, a management board member at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles responsible for AD, said, “We are developing the first fully autonomous large-scale production vehicle, and Mobileye brings its digital driver on board.”

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BMW Group hits 100K electrified vehicle mark for this year, lights up Group HQ like a battery

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In recognition of the miletone, BMW used a light installation to transform its Group headquarters—the world-famous “Four-Cylinder” in the north of Munich—on the evening of 18 December 2017 into a battery. By 2025, the company will offer 25 fully electric and plug-in hybrid models worldwide.

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New Turbo S E-Hybrid PHEV to be the flagship model in the Panamera line

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l/100 km (81 mpg US), and the new flagship Panamera can drive on fully electric power for up to 50 kilometers. The new Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid combines a 100 kW electric motor with a 404 kW (550 hp) V8 engine. The high-voltage battery integrated in the rear is fully charged with 10 A via a 230-V connection in six hours.

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Volkswagen’s ID.3 debuts for the European market

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As the basic price for the series production model will be under €30,000 in Germany, the vehicle’s price will be comparable to that of typical compact vehicles following the deduction of the anticipated government subsidies—an electric car for the masses. 3 will be delivered in Germany from mid-2020. Fully fledged assistance.

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