The German automaker Volkswagen continues to increase the production of electric vehicles, so in 2020 the world market came 3 times more machines with environmentally friendly power plants than a year earlier. This became known to publish SPEEDME.RU thanks to the German colleagues from Elektroauto-News.
According to the publication of the newspaper, the volume of transportation of vehicles with alternative power plants last year amounted to 212 thousand units, which is 158% more than it was possible to implement in 2019. Moreover, about 134 thousand cars (+ 197%) are purely battery cars.
"2020 became a turning point for Volkswagen in terms of a breakthrough on the topic of electricity. We are on the way to achieving our ambitious goal - to become the leader of the battery market. We, like no other company, speaking for attractive and affordable electrification of the model range, "said Ralph Brand Volkswagen Ralph Brand.
In many ways, a significant increase in the share of selling "green" cars in 2020 was due to the market for nine new electrical and rechargeable hybrid models. The key role was played by the success of the Volkswagen ID.3, which from September to December broke up with a circulation of 56.5 thousand units. Moreover, about 14.4 thousand of them are sold in Germany, and another 12.3 thousand buyers expect the supply of their cars derived from pre-orders.
Earlier, Speedme.ru edition also reported that the Volkswagen leadership sees a threat to Tesla's mad development rates. Herbert Diss reflected not only about trying to keep up with Tesla, but also about the risk of what Apple will enter the car arena, becoming a powerful competitor with almost unlimited resources.
And the company's cost directly affects its subsequent successes. So, in one week last month, Tesla and Chinese manufacturers of electromotivers NiO and XPeng attracted capital in the amount of $ 9.7 billion through the sale of shares. 5 billion dollars attracted by Tesla were equivalent to about half of the annual pure vw cash flow.