Volkswagen targets dominance in Europe with affordable EV push

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Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, takes portion successful the property league earlier the commencement of the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). The IAA Mobility 2025 volition instrumentality spot successful Munich from September 9-14, 2025.

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The main enforcement of Volkswagen says the German car elephantine is pushing to fortify its electromobility dominance successful Europe with a caller lineup of compact and affordable electrical vehicles.

Volkswagen, the largest supplier of EVs successful some Germany and Europe this year, unveiled the tiny all-electric ID. Cross Concept car implicit the weekend, earlier a roll-out into the marketplace successful the archetypal fractional of adjacent year.

This is Volkswagen's 4th motorboat of caller electrical models, pursuing the ID.2 all, the ID. GTI Concept and the ID. EVERY1.

"We person worked hard during the past years to amended our software, to amended our artillery offerings. This household volition beryllium the archetypal wherever we are introducing our unified compartment conception successful presumption of battery," Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume told CNBC's Annette Weisbach connected Monday.

"We volition beryllium competitory and close now, successful Europe, for example, we are a marketplace person by acold successful electromobility with 28% marketplace share. This household is different propulsion to making this marketplace stock adjacent bigger," Blume said.

His comments travel soon earlier the kick-off of the IAA Mobility car amusement successful Munich, wherever struggling European carmakers are expected to look disconnected with Chinese newcomers.

Shares of Volkswagen are up astir 12.2% truthful acold this year, contempt U.S. tariff pressures connected the European car industry.

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