China News Agency, Berlin, September 28 (Reporter Peng Dawei) Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Global Management Board of Volkswagen Group of Germany, stated on the 28th that as of 2024, Volkswagen Group will invest 33 billion euros globally. Electric layout; on this basis, Volkswagen will join hands with joint venture partners to invest 15 billion euros specifically for the Chinese market.
Volkswagen is one of the three major German car companies (Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler).
On the same day, Herbert Dess released his video speech for the World New Energy Vehicle Conference that opened in Haikou, China on the same day through his personal social media account.
He announced the above news in his speech.
Herbert Diess said that with the concept of “overcoming the difficulties together, cross-border collaboration, and win-win cooperation”, the public and China have survived the most difficult stage of the new crown epidemic together.
This concept is not only the main theme of this year's World New Energy Vehicle Conference, but also the key to mankind's victory in facing the major challenge of climate change.
"When considering the production cost and the environmental impact, we found that pure electric vehicles are the right choice to achieve decarbonization." Herbert Diess said that the Volkswagen brand's "ID." series of pure electric vehicles will become the group The key to achieving electric mobility goals.
He also stated that electric vehicle products are only one aspect of achieving decarbonization. What the public has to do is to achieve carbon neutrality throughout the entire product life cycle of the car.
Herbert Diss said that by 2024, the Volkswagen Group will invest a total of 33 billion euros in the global electrification layout.
"On this basis, we will join hands with joint venture partners to invest 15 billion euros specifically for the Chinese market."
Volkswagen Group Director and China CEO Feng Sihan said on the same day that Volkswagen appreciates the Chinese leaders’ recent announcement that China’s carbon dioxide emissions will reach the peak by 2030 and strive to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2060. Volkswagen will support China. Efforts made to address climate change.
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