Volkswagen is preparing the final farewell to the combustion engine.
VW sales director Klaus Zellmer makes this more than clear - and gives a specific point in time for the end.
Wolfsburg - The fact that the European Union is facing a further tightening of its climate targets also has a significant impact on Germany's largest automotive group, Volkswagen *. According to new considerations by the EU, CO2 emissions in the international community should be reduced by 60 percent by 2030 - instead of the 55 percent planned so far. The limit could even drop to zero by 2035. That would in fact correspond to a ban on the internal combustion engine.
According to VW sales chief Klaus Zellmer, Volkswagen is prepared for a tightening of the legal situation, which in Germany could possibly go beyond the EU requirements. By 2030, the Wolfsburg-based car manufacturer wants to increase the share of battery-electric vehicles (= electric cars) in its total European sales to up to 70 percent. That would be ten percent more than the legislature presumably prescribes. However, there will also be markets in which only e-cars will be allowed earlier - for example in the Scandinavian countries. You can find all the details about the imminent end of combustion at VW and when Volkswagen would like to be completely climate-neutral at 24auto.de *
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