VW will launch more than 20 electric, plug-in hybrid models in China

Posted on 10/29/2014 3:32:01 PM

Volkswagen Group said today that it will release more than 20 electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles in China in the coming years.

"In the near future, Volkswagen will provide over 20 NEVs Chinese riders, from small cars to large SUVs, from the plug-in hybrid, pure electric vehicles," Jochem Heizmann, by the Volkswagen Group (China) said the man .

Heizmann he told reporters in Shanghai, the German automaker to start a week of activities and financial center in China to promote the mobility of electrons.

Volkswagen will lag behind global competitors, including BMW Group, Tesla Motors and Nissan sales in China pure electric vehicles.

Volkswagen nozzles Group has already said it plans to enter China more than 15 electric or plug-in hybrid core component of public and other brands also have a number of 2,018 cars will be produced locally.

At the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, the Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn said the company branding can produce 40 hybrid pure electric or plug, if there is sufficient demand. The production of the electric car is integrated into existing plants, such as Wolfsburg and Leipzig in Germany and in Puebla, Mexico, he said.

China, the deterioration of pollution has intensified its efforts to promote the use of electric vehicles, has introduced incentives and stricter fuel efficiency regulations on emissions. Beijing has created five million green cars on the road in China, the 2020 target.

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