La automoción lleva tiempo advirtiendo de que su industria necesita apoyo para situarse como punta de lanza de la industria del motor en un momento en el que compite con los fabricantes chinos, que están a la vanguardia del coche eléctrico. El presidente de la patronal europea (ACEA), Luca de Meo, lo ha repetido en distintas ocasiones.
The core brand Volkswagen Passenger Cars wants to build only pure electric cars in Europe from 2033 at the latest. Brand CEO Thomas Schäfer is thus bringing forward the previous goal of exiting the internal combustion vehicle business in Europe between 2033 and 2035. What’s more, a compact SUV based on the ID.3 could arrive by 2026.
German carmaker Volkswagen has "sold out" of battery-electric vehicles in the United States and Europe, meaning new customers will have to wait until 2023 to get one.
VW Group CEO Herbert Diess told the Financial Times that the company's brands - which include Volkswagen, Porsche, Škoda and Audi - had a backlog of 300,000 orders for EVs in western Europe alone.
"We have very high order books and… order intake on electric vehicles,” Diess told the FT.
