It has taken Volkswagen roughly seven years to sell 250,000 electrified vehicles, the latest of which was a ‘Pure White’ e-Golf model, delivered to a customer in Wolfsburg in mid-december 2019.
The German automaker delivered over 70,000 electrified models last year, compared to 50,000 in 2018. Its main sales markets were China, Norway, Germany, the U.S. and the UK. The next 250,000 units however will surely be dispatched over a shorter period of time thanks to the new ID. models.
“With the 250,000th electrified vehicle, the Volkswagen brand has reached a major milestone on the way to carbon- neutral mobility. Especially all-electric vehicles such as our new ID. family are the answer to major challenges of our times,” said the company’s board member for sales, marketing and after sales, Jurgen Stackmann.
Also read: 2020 VW Passat GTE – What Is The PHEV We’re Missing In The States Like?
“They offer considerable driving pleasure and advantages we could only dream of a few years ago. They have a carbon- neutral balance, offer more space with comparable outside dimensions, and are quiet, highly efficient, economical and inexpensive to maintain. This is why we will be selling the next 250,000 electrified vehicles in a considerably shorter period of time. At Volkswagen, we are convinced that the future is electric.”
VW’s electrification campaign truly kicked off with the e-up! in 2013, joined later by the e-Golf and Golf GTE in 2014, and the Passat GTE and Passat Variant GTE in 2015. Since 2018, the Passat and the Tiguan have been available with plug-in hybrid technology in China, a market that also saw battery-electric versions of the Bora and Lavida.
So far, the e-Golf has been VW’s most successful electrified model, with 104,000 units sold. It is followed by the Golf GTE with 51,000 units, the Passat Variant GTE with 42,000 and the e-up! with 21,000 units.
