Volkswagen has accelerated its push into electric cars, as company forecasts suggest the world’s largest carmaker will produce its millionth battery electric vehicle two years earlier than previously planned. This year it produced more than 70,000 electric cars, and last year 50,000. Volkswagen, which produced 10.8 million cars in 2018, said it had produced 250,000 electrified vehicles (including fossil fuel-driven hybrids) since 2013. Volkswagen and other carmakers are scrambling to increase the number of electric cars they make and sell in the EU. Thomas Ulbrich, the Volkswagen brand board member responsible for electric cars, said: “2020 will be a key year for the transformation of Volkswagen.

Source: The Irish Times December 27, 2019 17:37 UTC