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: Volkswagen is the first brand to bring to market dynamic background lighting during the gaming experienceClassic PAC-MAN elements such as fruits become wheel rims, silhouettes of iconic Volkswagens from the Beetle to the Golf IV R32 and brands such as GTI or R Volkswagen is expanding its gaming offering in selected models. The PAC-MAN Championship Edition is now available in the optional AirConsole In-Car App for playing on the infotainment display in a parked vehicle. A smartphone serves as the controller. Volkswagen is the first automotive manufacturer to dynamically combine the new game with the vehicle’s background lighting and, for compatible ID. models, also with ID. Light as an option. This means that an even more immersive gaming experience is created specifically by the interior lighting responding to the game content and inputs by the players. The PAC-MAN Championship Edition retains the well-known and popular game principle from the 1980s: PAC-MAN eats dots in a labyrinth while trying to avoid being caught by ghosts.

Developed by chief designer Andreas Mindt and his team, the Volkswagen design language with its clarity and aesthetic appeal also creates a new look for the interior of the ID. EVERY1. The four doors open up access to a new small car world that is anything but small. The materials are a perfect example of this: the surfaces are pleasant to the touch and are finished in warm, friendly colours. In combination with the clear design and lounge-like seating, this creates a special feel-good atmosphere. Most of the fabrics are made from recycled materials such as PET bottles. The use of a new, terrazzo-like mottled surface gives the ID. EVERY1 a light and modern look. The deliberately simple forms are effectively highlighted by high-contrast colours and arouse curiosity about the surface feel. Another example is the available space: with an exterior length of 3,880 mm, the ID. EVERY1 is positioned between the up! built up to 2023 and the current Polo. Nevertheless, the concept vehicle offers just as much space as the larger Polo. The solution to the puzzle is the new modular electric drive (MEB) platform with front-wheel drive. This enables perfect space efficiency. Perfection down to the smallest detail. The interior is visually distinguished by a clear style that conveys stability and thus fully reflects the design of the exterior and lighting. Horizontal lines characterise the clearly arranged dash panel. This is dominated in the centre by the central touch display of the infotainment system. The ergonomic buttons for the interior temperature, seat heating and audio volume are located below this. The front passenger side of the dash panel is designed to be variable. A tablet, for example, can be snapped onto a rail here. It is also possible to attach a shelf, which can be used as a table. The digital instruments are integrated in the centre of the dash panel.

World premiere: the ID. EVERY1 is the concept car for an electric 20,000-euro Volkswagen from Europe for EuropeSmart, flexible and affordable: sporty design, versatile interior and digital features make the production version of the ID. EVERY1 attractive for private and commercial customers Always up to date: a new powerful software architecture enables lifelong updates and upgrades of the production modelVolkswagen future plan: nine new models by 2027, including four electric models based on the new modular electric drive (MEB) platform with front-wheel drive Since the Beetle, Volkswagen has been enabling affordable mobility for millions of people with compact and likeable cars. With the ID. EVERY1 concept car, the German car manufacturer is now showing an entry-level all-electric model. Volkswagen will launch the production version in 2027 – with a starting price of around 20,000 euros. The ID. 2all will already be launched in the 25,000-euro class in 2026. Both models are part of the new Electric Urban Car Family with front-wheel drive, which is being developed on a cross-brand basis under the umbrella of the Brand Group Core – comprising the volume brands in the Volkswagen Group. They are based on Volkswagen’s new modular electric drive platform: the MEB with front-wheel drive. Maximum variety. Attractive mobility in the electric era from Europe for Europe is one of the central pillars of the brand’s plan for the future. With the European launch of the all-electric Urban Car Family from 2026, Volkswagen will offer the most diverse portfolio in the high-volume segment – from efficient combustion-engine models and advanced hybrids to future-oriented all-electric vehicles. Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Cars: “The ID. EVERY1 is the last piece of the puzzle on our journey to having the widest model selection in the volume segment.

Information for the Press Aerea: 83.000 m2 Production: Since January 2021: 22,460 ID.3 , before that: 50,401 e-Golf (2017-2020); 84,235 Phaeton (2001-2016) and 2,186 Bentley Flying Spur (2005/2006 and 2013/2014) Model: Volkswagen ID.3 Employees: 320 (incl. dual students & trainees, as at: 12/2024 Current situation With the start of production of the ID.3 in January 2021 at the Transparent Factory in Dresden, the previous “Center of Future Mobility” has continued to develop into the “Home of ID.” in the last years. The central goal: to offer customers, visitors and guests a holistic experience of the ID. Family - starting with advice and test drives, a tour of production, co-construction of the ID.3 and modern event formats through to the handover of electric vehicles. A further focus of the strategic reorientation is the expansion into a research and innovation location, which is driving forward innovative projects in small series for later use at large volume locations in the Volkswagen brand. In Dresden, customers, visitors and guests can find out how the Volkswagen brand is shaping the mobility of the future. On a one-hour tour, they can experience first-hand how the ID.3 is manufactured by Volkswagen. The highlight of the visitor offer is a free test drive (45 minutes) through Dresden with the current ID. models. Dresden's largest public and partly solar-powered e-mobility station was built directly at the Transparent Factory. It has been in operation since April 2017. Volkswagen Saxony and the state capital of Dresden have also entered into a cooperation agreement. The aim is to develop Dresden into a model city for electromobility and digitalization. The Transparent Factory has been cooperating with external start-ups in various formats since 2017. Initially, the collaboration took place as part of an incubator program on mobility topics, now in individual projects with a focus on digitalization and AI topics for production and logistics.

Collaboration on the “Electric Urban Car Family” project alone will unlock synergy potential at brand group level totaling 650 million euros across the entire product life cycle. The “Zukunft Volkswagen” program agreed at the end of last year laid the foundation for the competitiveness of Volkswagen AG in Germany. The program combines economic stability and sustainable employment. It paves the way for the Volkswagen brand as the main pillar of the Brand Group Core to become the global technologically leading volume manufacturer by 2030. That is why the Brand Group Core is targeting continuous increases in earnings in the coming years, underpinned by the effects of the ongoing performance programs at all volume brands. Intensive efforts are already underway to implement the measures that have been decided – and thus generate a pathway to a medium-term return on sales of 8% for the Brand Group Core. Overview of the brands in the Brand Group Core Volkswagen Passenger CarsVolkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 726,267 vehicles (excluding China, including external manufacturing) in the first quarter of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. This trend was in part attributable to an upswing in sales of the ID.4, ID.7, T-Cross and Tiguan and the successful market launch of the Tayron. Sales revenue ran at 21.2 billion euros, an increase of 10.2% over the comparable prior-year period. The operating result fell by 84.9% to 112 million euros, with the decrease especially attributable to special items. In particular, provisions in connection with CO₂ regulations in Europe had a negative impact on the result. Other adverse factors were litigation costs in connection with the diesel issue and expenses from the measurement of vehicles in transit due to import duties introduced in the United States from the beginning of April. As a result, the operating margin of the Volkswagen brand fell significantly to 0.5% compared with 3.9% in the previous year.

Information for the Press Area: 1,800,000 m2 Production: 204,000 vehicles, 11,100 luxury bodies (as of December 2024) Models: Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5, Audi Q4 e-tron and Sportback e-tron, and Seat Cupra Born; bodies: Bentley Bentayga and Lamborghini Urus Employees: 9,200 permanent staff (incl. work-study degree students and vocational trainees; as of December 2024) PlantThe Zwickau vehicle plant covers a total area of 1,800,000 m², corresponding to 252 soccer pitches. ProductionThe plant at Zwickau produces only all-electric vehicles such as the Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5, the Audi Q4 e-tron and Sportback e-tron, and the Seat Cupra Born. The start of the ID.5 production in January 2022 completed the Zwickau plant's transformation into a multi-brand location for electric vehicles. The last combustion vehicle was produced on 26 June 2020 – signalling an historic milestone. Around 204,000 vehicles were produced in 2024. Since the plant was founded in 1990, almost 7 million vehicles have rolled off the production lines. Zwickau is playing a key role with the start of production of electric vehicles. For the first time, a large car factory has been completely re-equipped for electric mobility for a total of 1.2 billion euros. The Zwickau plant produces six electric models for three Group brands. Zwickau also manufactures the bodies for the Bentley Bentayga and Lamborghini Urus. Environmental protection and energy managementThe integration of environmental protection in all business and decision-making processes is a key element of strategic decisions at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH. Production processes at the Zwickau site are continually optimised to ensure that production is as environmentally compatible as possible and to conserve natural resources. Efforts focus in particular on the reduction of energy consumption and the use of green energy, and, as such, the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions at the plant.

Green power projects deliver a total of about 1.1 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024This way, Volkswagen converts the use of ID. customer vehicles in Europe currently powered by “grey” electricity to green power in overall terms Annual growth of this commitment planned in line with sales of ID. models As a pioneer, Volkswagen supported the large-scale expansion of renewable energies in Europe at an early stage. Currently, the automaker is engaged in a total of 26 green power projects in nine European countries. The company has now drawn a positive interim balance. Since 2021, the green power projects supported have fed a total of about three terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity to the European power grid. This figure corresponds to the annual energy demand of about 800,000 households. Through these efforts, Volkswagen is making a key contribution to decarbonization. An ID.4 powered solely using the EU green electricity grid mix already has a lower CO₂ footprint than a comparable diesel model after about 66,000 km. This is the result of a life cycle analysis*. “We plan to step up our commitment in the field of renewable energies each year in line with the development in sales of ID. models,” says Andreas Walingen, CSO and Head of Strategy of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. “Through the large-scale development of European wind and solar farms, we intend to support our customers in the region in their efforts to always use their ID. vehicles in a net carbon-neutral way. This shows that our commitment to sustainability goes far beyond the electrification of vehicles.”

The Electric Urban Car Family will unlock synergy potential totaling 650 million euros across the entire product life cycle. The “Zukunft Volkswagen” program agreed at the end of December 2024 laid the foundation for the competitiveness of Volkswagen AG in Germany. The program combines economic stability and sustainable employment. It paves the way for the Volkswagen brand as the main pillar of the Brand Group Core to become the global technologically leading volume manufacturer by 2030. That is why the Brand Group Core is targeting continuous increases in earnings in the coming years underpinned by the effects of the ongoing performance programs at all volume brands. Intensive efforts are already underway to implement the measures that have been decided – and thus generate a pathway to a medium-term return on sales of 8% for the Brand Group Core. Overview of the brands in the Brand Group Core Volkswagen Passenger CarsVolkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 3,109,007 vehicles (excluding China, including external manufacturing) in the 2024 financial year, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. This was in part attributable to the fact that sales of the ID. models picked up in the second half of the year. Sales revenue ran at 88.26 billion euros. The operating result decreased by 27% to 2.59 billion euros. The operating margin after restructuring decreased to 2.9% compared with 4.1% in the previous year. Škoda AutoŠkoda Auto reported its best financial year ever in 2024. Driven by the 6.9% increase in the brand’s global deliveries to 926,600 vehicles, the consistent implementation of the Next Level Efficiency+ program and other effects, the Czech automaker reported an operating result of 2.3 billion euros, corresponding to an increase of 30.0%.There was a further rise in the operating margin to 8.3%, reflecting the excellent overall financial performance and the resilience of Škoda Auto.