A few days ago, Zhidian Travel learned that Thomas Schaefer, the new head of the Volkswagen brand, said that the brand will increase investment in plug-in hybrid models to meet consumers' car purchase demands; And revealed: "Customers now want plug-in hybrids, including those in China and the United States. "As the electrification of brands such as Mercedes, General Motors and Ford slows, the Volkswagen brand will also join the camp and focus more on developing plug-in hybrid models.
Volkswagen has recently abandoned plans to invest 2 billion euros in electric vehicle factories in Germany and stopped looking for external investors for its battery subsidiary, while the brand is still working on building gigafactories in Spain and Canada.
So far, in addition to creating two new platforms dedicated to electric vehicles and creating a battery subsidiary, the Volkswagen Group has also tried to create new software for its vehicles, a process that has also greatly influenced the launch of the Porsche Macan EV and Audi Q6 e-tron models. The Volkswagen Group has not really stopped developing BEVs and is still looking for European partners to build cheap, compact BEVs, and is working with Xpeng to regain market share in China.