At a current works assembly in Wolfsburg, Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles, outlined plans for the model’s future. Attendees have been additionally given a preview of the design for Volkswagen’s upcoming entry-level electrical automobile, anticipated to be priced round €20,000.
Schäfer highlighted that the conclusion of negotiations in December marked the beginning of essentially the most intensive future plan in Volkswagen’s historical past. He reaffirmed the model’s dedication to creating e-mobility accessible to all, stating, “That’s our model promise.” He additionally asserted that Wolfsburg will proceed to be the hub of innovation and manufacturing excellence, setting new benchmarks in vehicle manufacturing.
Volkswagen intends to unveil a prototype of the brand new entry-level mannequin to the general public in early March, with the manufacturing model set to debut in 2027. The mannequin goals to serve a various buyer base by providing an reasonably priced, high-quality, and worthwhile electrical automobile manufactured in Europe. Schäfer described this initiative as “the Champions League of automotive engineering.”
Daniela Cavallo, Chairwoman of the Common and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG, emphasised that this new all-electric entry-level mannequin embodies the true essence of Volkswagen. She famous that staff on the Wolfsburg plant would have the distinction of previewing the design earlier than it’s revealed to most people.
Low-cost electrical mobility will play an important function in Volkswagen’s future technique. Alongside the manufacturing model of the ID. 2all, this new electrical mannequin is a part of a brand new household of small electrical automobiles, developed inside the Volkswagen Group’s Model Group Core. This household will introduce compact all-electric fashions primarily based on an advanced model of the modular electrical drive (MEB) platform. The primary to hit the market would be the ID. 2all, anticipated to launch in 2026 at a beginning worth under €25,000.
For the reason that introduction of the ID. product household in 2019, Volkswagen has made important strides within the all-electric battery automobile market, promoting over 1.35 million ID. automobiles globally, together with round 500,000 models of the ID.3. Within the earlier yr alone, the model offered 383,100 all-electric automobiles.
In the course of the assembly, Schäfer reiterated that the Wolfsburg plant would stay the focus of the Volkswagen model within the period of electrical automobiles. The relocation of Golf manufacturing to Mexico is designed to release area for brand spanking new applied sciences. Manufacturing processes might be modernized in Corridor 54, with plans to fabricate the next-generation electrical Golf on the brand new Scalable Techniques Platform (SSP) alongside a high-volume electrical T-Roc. This initiative will place Wolfsburg as the middle of the brand new all-electric compact class.
The SSP is ready to be a cutting-edge, totally digitalized, and scalable platform characterised by a uniform structure. Cavallo identified that Wolfsburg has pivotal tasks forward, with Technical Improvement pioneering efforts inside the group, making certain that the SSP platform turns into integral throughout all passenger automotive manufacturers. She emphasised the significance of collaboration between the Works Council and high administration to make sure progress and success sooner or later.
Volkswagen’s imaginative and prescient, outlined within the "Zukunft Volkswagen" (Future Volkswagen) settlement, goals for financial stability, employment, and technological management in sustainable mobility. The overarching objective is to place the Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles model because the worldwide chief in quantity manufacturing by 2030.
To attain this formidable objective, Volkswagen has deliberate a three-pronged strategy:
- Catch up: Improve competitiveness by optimizing value buildings and punctiliously increasing the prevailing mannequin vary.
- Assault: Introduce 9 new fashions by 2027, together with the manufacturing model of the ID.2all at underneath €25,000 and the brand new entry-level electrical automotive round €20,000.
- Lead: Set up itself because the technological chief within the quantity phase, setting new requirements in world mobility.
