Volkswagen will invest in Ford's Argo AI autonomous vehicle platform. Ford will use VW’s electric vehicle architecture to design and build at least one high-volume fully electric vehicle in Europe for European customers starting in 2023.
The service, launched in Berlin, will expand to Prague and Hamburg in 2020. The number of carsharing users in Germany has risen to 2.46 million this year.
Europcar is now offering EVs for private, leisure, and business rentals at its Auckland Airport, Christchurch Airport, Wellington Airport locations, and Dunedin.
Volkswagen Group boosted development of electrified vehicles, announcing that the company will develop 70 battery-electric models by 2025. Previously, Volkswagen had said it would produce 50 battery-electric vehicles by 2023.
Volkswagen AG will invest $800 million to expand its Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant to establish it as the base to manufacture battery-electric vehicles for the North American market starting in 2022, according to the automaker.
Volkswagen will spend 44 billion euros ($50.2 billion) on electric vehicles, digitization, autonomous technology, and mobility services globally by 2023, which marks an increase of 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) from its year-ago forecast.
Volkswagen's Electrify America will spend $2.7 million on an education and outreach campaign about zero-emission vehicles by working with California community groups in low-income areas, the group has announced.
The companies plan on scaling the project to a commercial venture by 2022.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has unveiled a concept battery-electric commercial transporter van designed for commercial fleets that includes an autonomous driving mode.
Volkswagen provided additional details about its aggressive electric-vehicle initiative at an event in Germany on Monday, where the automaker said it will produce 27 battery EVs on an affordable platform by 2022.