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shaping mobility in China. As one of the first and the most successful international automotive brands operating in the Chinese market, Volkswagen has grown together with its Chinese partners and made individual mobility possible for over 47 million Chinese customers — a customer base unmatched by any other domestic or international auto brand in the Chinese market. The brand’s success story in China began in 1978 when Chinese partners first made contact with Volkswagen. In 1984, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN Automotive Co., Ltd., the company’s first joint venture in China, was established in Shanghai, followed by FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. in 1991. In 2017, the company launched the joint venture Volkswagen (Anhui) Automotive Company Limited with the goal of producing New Energy Vehicles (NEVs). Together with its joint venture partners, the Volkswagen brand delivered 2.015 million vehicles to customers in China in 2025. Volkswagen is now delivering on its “In China, for China” strategy, driven

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to pick up pace in China. Volkswagen is boosting its electric mobility campaign in China as part of its ACCELERATE strategy. With the world premiere of the ID. AERO –a prototype developed especially for the Chinese market – the brand is providing a first glimpse at the next model in its ID. family. Following on from the ID.4, ID.6 and ID.3, we now launching the fourth all-electric model series in China in the form of our fully electric saloon, the ID. AERO. Two future production versions of the ID. AERO for China. With the world premiere

since 1 July 2025. Previously, he has been Executive CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand for the China region since 2022. Stefan Mecha has been with the Volkswagen Group for more than 15 years. Before joining Volkswagen AG, he held various positions at Sixt AG and Daimler AG. In 2005, Stefan Mecha became Regional Sales Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Western Europe. He then held various positions in sales for the Volkswagen Group in Europe and the Middle East. In 2016, he became a member of the Volkswagen Board of Management in South Africa and Managing Director of the sales company. From 2018 to 2020, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing in the South America region at Volkswagen Brazil. In 2020, he was appointed as the new General Director of Volkswagen Group Rus. Since 2022, Mecha has been Executive CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand for the China region. Curriculum vitae Stefan Mecha Antje Maas

engineering and economics. He served as CEO and CFO of JCL Logistics in Austria and as a junior partner at McKinsey & Company. In 2015, he joined Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, where he led the efficiency program FACTORY “Mach18” until 2017. From 2018 to May 2021, he served in Beijing as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and General Secretary of Volkswagen Group China, shaping the strategic direction in one of the Group’s key markets.He then assumed the role of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Volkswagen Anhui in Hefei from July 2021 to December 2024, where he was responsible for advancing the Group’s China business within the local innovation ecosystem.As of January 1, 2025, Erwin Gabardi has been Head of Product Management and Strategy for the Volkswagen brand and the Brand Group Core at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg. In this role, he is responsible for the global product portfolio of the Volkswagen brand and the Brand Group Core. Curriculum vitae Dr. Erwin Gabardi

this modification, it gets the front end of the Passat. 1987 The eternal Santana In December 1987, production of the notchback saloon is discontinued in Germany – but it continues in other countries: the Santana is manufactured in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan, and South Africa, or assembled from kits delivered there. Santana in the Middle Kingdom: The Santana lives on in China and becomes a successful model. The first Volkswagen Santana “Made in China” rolls off the final assembly line in Anting near Shanghai on 11 April 1983. The original version of the Volkswagen Santana is produced in China from 1983 to 2012. It has a lasting impact on Volkswagen’s good reputation in China. The model lives on in China in the form of the Volkswagen Santana Vista. The 2013 generation is once again simply called Santana. Santana advertisements

Quality Assurance Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Brand Group Core Dr. Andreas Krepp has worked in the Volkswagen Group for around 33 years. Across the Audi and Volkswagen brands, and in Europe, China, and the United States, he has gained extensive experience in development, production, and quality assurance. His professional foundation was an apprenticeship as an industrial mechanic at Audi. He studied mechanical engineering and earned a doctorate in behavioral sciences and work organization. From 2004 to 2008, Dr. Andreas Krepp headed the specialist team in overall vehicle development for the Audi Q7 and was responsible for the production start of the model. He then took charge of quality assurance for purchased parts for the Volkswagen and Škoda brands in Kaluga. In 2012, Krepp moved to China to the joint venture FAW-Volkswagen, where he initially led quality assurance in Foshan and, in 2017, was appointed President and Plant Manager in Qingdao. His next assignment took him to the United

future brand design in China with the ID. CODE The next-generation SUV: the ID. CODE is strikingly athletic and stylish. It is the first model in the world to showcase a new Volkswagen SUV design languageMade for China: designed jointly by teams in China and Europe, the ID. CODE is a tribute to Chinese Volkswagen customersOptionally autonomous: the sensors, exterior design and interior concept of the ID. CODE were designed for Level 4 autonomous drivingLight Cloud, 3D Eyes and Light Screen: interactive lighting systems provide information and communicate intelligently with their surroundingsPerfect co-driver: AI-assisted avatar communicates with driver and passengers via displays in the exterior (Smart Windows) and interior With the world premiere of the ID. CODE at Auto China 2024 in Beijing, Volkswagen is providing a first glimpse of a completely new SUV generation, a new design language for China and a new technology generation