VW CEO Diess says company ready to build 50 million e-cars
Germany鈥檚 biggest carmaker VW has said it is prepared to build 50 million e-cars and already has 鈥渟ourced鈥 the batteries needed to fulfil this goal, company CEO Herbert Diess told Automotive News in an interview. 鈥淭his is a huge momentum coming, and probably from a volume piece, I think we have the best setup strategy for the electric vehicles to come,鈥 Diess said.
According to a separate article by news agency dpa carried by Welt Online, VW plans to launch a small e-car costing 20,000 euros no later than 2022.
Read the interview in English and the article in German .
For background, read the factsheet Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility and the dossier BMW, Daimler, and VW vow to fight in green transport revolution.