Volkswagen is looking forward to investing almost equally into new BEVs and petrol-powered vehicle in a bid to have a well-balanced product portfolio in India in the long run. Volkswagen is considering launching a new EV in the second half of this decade.

Electric Vehicles (EV) have gained prominence in India sooner than expected and almost every automaker is planning to introduce some form of battery electric vehicle (BEV) in their line-up. German brands have been one of the flagbearers of the EV advent in India. We have seen both Mercedes-Benz and Audi being quite active in the luxury EV space of late and now even Volkswagen in considering investing into a mass-market BEV for our market. In fact, the German brand is looking forward to investing almost equally into new BEVs and petrol-powered vehicle in a bid to have a well-balanced product portfolio in India in the long run. [1]

Figure 1. Volkswagen Considering Launching Its First EV In India Post 2025

Figure 1 shows speaking to Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Editor-In-Chief- carandbike on the lastest Freewheeling with SVP webisode, Klaus Zellmer, Board Member for Sales, Marketing and After Sales- Volkswagen mentioned, “We are transforming Volkswagen brand into electrifying the line-up. We come for all at once, we can’t build the platform for electrification while then extending our complexities of ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) variants. We need to drive that down in order to be able to invest without increasing the cost into a battery electric vehicle (BEV). Then in the second half of this decade there will also be something we’ll offer in India.” [2]

The MQB-A0 platform is the bottom of Skoda Auto’s and Volkswagen’s India 2.Zero technique and we already know that after the Skoda Kushaq and Volkswagen Taigun, compact sedans derivatives of each manufacturers are anticipated to be spawned on the identical platform. Now sometimes we anticipate any model in our market to additional add on newer fashions within the SUV house on the platform, however the German has specified that as an alternative experimenting with totally different high hats (physique construction) of ICE fashions, it’s going to spend money on BEVs for India as it is very important get a proper product in a crucial market like ours and at an affordable value. [3]

Zellmer also hinted that a new model based on the Volkswagen ID Life concept recently considered at the IAA Munich could make way to India, followed by the bigger models in the ID range subsequently. The company is aiming for zero emissions by 2050 and is expecting 70 per cent of its overall volumes to come from EVs by 2030. [4]

References:

1. https://www.carandbike.com/news/exclusive-volkswagen-considering-launching-its-first-ev-in-india-post-2025-2544901
2. https://www.today24x7.com/News/exclusive-volkswagen-considering-launching-its-first-ev-in-india-post-2025/
3. https://www.dailydrolls.com/exclusive-volkswagen-considering-launching-its-first-ev-in-india-post-2025/

Cite this article:

Thanusri swetha J (2022), Volkswagen Considering Launching Its First EV In India Post 2025, Hold Assets, pp. 95