VW relies more on electric drives. The carmaker plans to equip the new generation of its Caddy with a partially electric plug-in hybrid engine.
- VW wants to equip the new version of its caddy with a partially electric plug-in hybrid engine .
- The Caddy 5 should also be more similar to the Golf .
- It is not yet clear when the plug-in hybrid version will be available to customers.
Düsseldorf - German carmaker Volkswagen is also planning a version with a partially electric plug-in hybrid engine for the new generation of its Caddy van . This was announced by Heinz-Jürgen Löw , Marketing Director at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, on Thursday evening at the launch of the fifth generation of caddy in Düsseldorf. However , there should not be a fully electrified version of the donkey. Various versions of the car have been sold more than three million times in the past decades.
VW wants to use a new construction platform with Caddy 5 - and thus move closer to the Golf again
The new Caddy 5 now uses the construction platform of the Modular Transverse Toolkit , which brings it closer to the Golf . A total of 19 assistance systems are available for the van, which is used by tradesmen and families alike, and have so far been used primarily in passenger cars.
At the start of sales this year, customers only have the choice between diesel and gasoline engines and a variant with natural gas drive . Löw did not reveal when the plug-in hybrid version would be launched on Thursday.
By the way: Frank Thelen recently also dealt with VW in a Handelsblatt guest post. The representatives and employees of the German car maker are unlikely to like his controversial forecast.
VW has made headlines in the past few months mainly because of the diesel scandal
In recent months, however, the carmaker VW has rarely made headlines with new car models, but much more often through the exhaust gas scandal . As it turned out a few days ago, the circle of suspects related to the diesel fraud is growing. It wasn't until mid-February that there should actually be good news for VW customers, who were duped in the course of the diesel scandal: Volkswagen reached an agreement with the consumer centers on a payment of 830 million euros to affected customers. But the deal broke .
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