VW宣布，要在2030年前投资约700亿欧元，也就是840亿美金在电动车以及电池上
预计总共将会有约300款车型
其中约500亿欧元(600亿美金)会投资在电池生产上，以支撑其电动车生产
(注：Tesla的超级电池工厂投资金额约为50亿美金)
这消息是由VW CEO Matthias Mueller宣布的
自从柴油门丑闻爆发后，他一直是集团内电动车的支持者
这次敢做这样大胆的宣布，想必已经是摆平了内部获得董事会支持了吧
对照这世界上唯一一个在销量上能与VW抗衡的Toyota会长日前的发言
两个集团的政策走向非常不一样呀
一个已经下定决心全力往电动车发展
另一个似乎还在等待电池技术再突破个两三次才要行动~
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VW announces massive $84 billion investment in electric cars and batteries
Volkswagen updated its plans for electric cars with a complete overhaul of
its investment strategy.
After announcing an initial investment of $10 billion in EVs earlier this
year, which was still smaller than the German automaker’s investments in
gas-powered cars, they now promise to spend up to 70 billion euros (~$84
billion USD) in order to bring 300 electric vehicle models to market by 2030.
More interestingly, most of the investment 50 billion euros (~$60 billion)
will be in battery production in order to support their electric car
ambitions for the next decade.
Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller said to guests gathered at an event in
Frankfurt today ahead of the launch of the annual motor show (via BBC):
“A company like Volkswagen must lead, not follow. We have got the message
and we will deliver. This is not some vague declaration of intent. It is a
strong self-commitment which, from today, becomes the yardstick by which we
measure our performance.”
Mueller has been a proponent of EVs within Volkswagen ever since he took the
helms of the company following the Dieselgate Scandal, but he faced some
internal backlash from the leadership.
A slide that leaked from a VW presentation about its upcoming electric
vehicles showed that they have 4 new models coming under the VW brand within
the next few years, but also several more under Audi, Porsche, and the
automaker’s other brands.
Electrek’s Take
While it’s still more talk than action, this move is significant because it
would mean that the board has approved an investment schedule for electric
vehicles and an investment of this size should get things going.
It’s also reassuring that they are taking battery supply seriously. We
already got hints that it was coming when company officials said that they
see a need for 40 Tesla Gigafactory-size battery factories by 2025 to support
electric car production.
The injection of 50 billion euros (~$60 billion) to support a battery supply
chain for VW’s electric cars should shake up the industry and prepare for a
rapid expansion of battery production over the next few years.
With announcements like this and the recent announcements of gas and
diesel-powered car bans from the UK, France, and maybe soon China, I think it
’s becoming clear that EVs will move a lot quicker than most people expected.