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Plant in Saxony produces six e-models of the Group brands Volkswagen, Audi and CupraAlmost every second registered electric car of the Volkswagen Group worldwide comes from Zwickau The anniversary vehicle is an ID.3 GTX PerformancePlant Manager Danny Auerswald: "One million e-cars produced is a strong achievement by the workforce. Despite numerous challenges in recent years, the team has always delivered." After around five and a half years of all-electric vehicle production, the Zwickau vehicle plant has cracked a magic barrier: This week, the one millionth electric car rolled off the production line at the multi-brand site. The anniversary vehicle is an ID.3 GTX Performance in Kings Red Metallic. The car will be delivered to a customer from Bavaria in a few weeks at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. Danny Auerswald, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH: "One million electric cars produced is a strong achievement by the workforce. Despite numerous challenges in recent years, the team has always delivered the models on time, reliably and in high quality. I would like to thank you very much for this. Today is a day we can be proud of. At the same time, we have set an important course for the future. It is of central importance to implement our site agreement for the vehicle plant. We need to make our site competitive in the coming months to ensure future investment in the plant. We are currently examining promising options in promising business areas of the circular economy." Uwe Kunstmann, Chairman of the General Works Council of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH: "A production anniversary is always special for the workforce. My thanks go to our team and their tireless efforts. It was only through the hard work of our colleagues that the one million e-cars could be built here at the site.

The new all-rounder is available as a petrol, diesel or plug-in hybrid model; the latter offers an excellent purely electric range of up to 127 km. A generous luggage compartment and a towing capacity of up to 2.5 tonnes make the Tayron the perfect companion for all life situations. About Euro NCAP: Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) is an organisation founded by European transport ministries, automotive clubs and insurance associations. The aim is to provide consumers with independent information on the safety of new vehicles. The Euro NCAP tests include various crash scenarios; the vehicles’ active safety systems are also evaluated. The detailed results of the Euro NCAP test are available at www.euroncap.com.

What began as a simple two-door vehicle in 1975 has been perfected and expanded in many facets over five decades: in a total of six generations, as a hatchback Polo, as a coupé, as a sporty G40 or GTI, as a colourful Harlequin, as an estate, as a notchback with the name Derby, as a CrossPolo with a striking off-road look, as an efficient Polo BlueMotion and, of course, as an extremely dynamic Polo R WRC, which was crowned with four World Championship titles in the World Rally Championship from 2013 to 2016. Democratising innovation. Each generation of the Polo has offered more space and comfort, more efficient engines and innovative safety features. New features such as front and side airbags, power steering, belt tensioners and ABS were introduced and made sure the Polo remained successful. The next major step followed with the modular transverse matrix (MQB) platform, which set new standards in terms of connectivity, safety and driving dynamics and made the model even more digital and innovative. Today also, the small car boasts assist and convenience systems that are otherwise available only in higher vehicle classes. The model continues to be very popular worldwide and will be kept up to date in 2025. A perfect example of this is the Polo GTI, which can now be driven even more dynamically – thanks to Electronic Stability Control (ESC) that can be be deactivated, performance tyres and a new suspension and steering set-up. Global production and worldwide success. Series production of the Polo I began in March 1975 at Volkswagen’s headquarters in Wolfsburg, with 1.1 million units being produced there by 1981. As the model increased in importance, production was spread to other locations around the world, including Spain, Argentina, South Africa, Slovenia, China, Brazil and India.

These external challenges show that we must keep up the vigorous pursuit of our performance programs in the brands. We continue to work on lowering battery costs, reducing factory costs and overheads, shortening development times, and improving software quality. This is how we are strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of our Brand Group Core.” Unit sales rose to 1.22 million (1.19 million vehicles in Q1 2024) Sales revenue improved significantly to 35.34 billion euros (32.77 billion euros in Q1 2024) Unit sales grew 2.7% year-on-year. Strong share of BEV models impacted margins. Overall, the Core brands won market share. Brand Group Core sales revenue improved significantly in an intensely competitive environment, with 7.8% growth on the back of higher volume and mix effects for the Volkswagen und Škoda brands. Operating result came in at 1.12 billion euros (2.08 billion euros in Q1 2024) In addition to litigation costs relating to the diesel issue, provisions in connection with current CO₂ regulations in Europe had an adverse effect on the result. Operating margin of 3.2% (6.4% in Q1 2024) Expenses from inventory write-downs of vehicles in transit due to import duties announced by the United States from April 2025 negatively affected the operating return. 480 million euro improvement in net cash flow to -44 million euros (-524 million euros in Q1 2024) Cash flow improved by 480 million euros year-on-year due to the decrease in vehicles inventories and targeted investments. Review Q1 / 2025 The Brand Group Core recorded successful market launches and a significant rise in the sale of all-electric models in the first quarter of 2025, thereby demonstrating its strength and adaptability in a highly demanding market environment. The successful introduction of new models such as the Volkswagen Tayron and the Škoda Elroq further strengthened the portfolio and underscored the brands’ ability to serve customers’ needs and requirements.

Accelerate, attack and achieve: ambitious three-stage plan of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand up to 2030 Entry-level electric model marks key step Future-proof prospects: main Wolfsburg plant will be a pioneer in the production of the new all-electric compact class on the SSP platform At today’s works meeting in Wolfsburg, Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, presented plans for the future of the core brand. Employees also had a first glimpse of the design of the Volkswagen brand’s future entry-level electric model at a price of about €20,000. “With the conclusion of negotiations in December, we set the largest future plan in Volkswagen’s history in motion. We are pursuing an ambitious path to ensure we achieve our shared goals with full commitment. A key step in this is making e-mobility attractive for everyone – that is our brand promise,” said Schäfer. At the same time, the Volkswagen brand CEO emphasized that Wolfsburg would remain the center for innovation and production competence. He said that the main plant would set new standards in automobile production. Volkswagen plans to present the show car for the new entry-level model to the public at the beginning of March. The world premiere of the production model is scheduled for 2027. With a base price of about €20,000, the new entry-level electric model will be attractive for a wide variety of user groups. Schäfer: “An affordable, high-quality, and profitable electric Volkswagen from Europe for Europe – that's the Champions League of automotive engineering!” Daniela Cavallo, ChairwomN of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG: “The new all-electric entry-level model will be a Volkswagen in the genuine sense of the term. It is therefore appropriate that our employees at the Wolfsburg plant will be the first to have a preview of the design – before the general public.”

“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.” A solar park in the north of Portugal near Vila Real with over 60 GWh per year and a wind farm in Djupdal, Sweden, which is supported by Volkswagen with a 70% share and produces more than 1,000 GWh of electricity per year, are among the larger green electricity projects supported by the car manufacturer. The company is pushing forward the development of renewable energies throughout Europe. Currently, Volkswagen is supporting 18 photovoltaic plants and eight wind farms in Spain, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. Support is provided over the long term, normally for a period of 10 years. Energy Attribute Certificates confirming the origin of the renewable energy are acquired through these projects. In 2024 alone, the projects generated a total of about 1.1 TWh of green power, corresponding to the annual demand of about 300,000 households or the calculated electricity demand of the Volkswagen ID. fleet on European roads currently not covered by renewable power. Green power is not yet available everywhere on the road. A study∗∗ indicates that the share of “grey” electricity currently used for charging is about 40 percent. Through the green power projects, Volkswagen is shifting this share to carbon-neutral over a period of 10 years, assuming that each vehicle travels 200,000 km. By doing so, the ID. vehicles can therefore reach their full potential for the decarbonization of mobility.

Zwickau: Zwickau will remain a production location for the Audi Q4 e-tron and Audi Q4 e-tron Sportback. As a result, vehicle production will focus on a single line from 2027.In addition, new business areas are to be developed in the context of the circular economy. Dresden: Vehicle production at the 'Transparent Factory' in Dresden will be discontinued at the end of 2025. Volkswagen AG is working on alternative options. These include the possibility of Volkswagen AG participating in a third-party scheme. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles The main plant Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Hanover will remain the production site for the ID.Buzz and the Multivan. Concrete measures have been agreed to sustainably reduce factory costs. This will enable Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to create the basis for investing in future products using its own resources. Volkswagen Group Components In order to ensure the competitiveness of Volkswagen Group Components, a sustainable efficiency increase of up to €3 billion cumulatively by 2030 is targeted. The focus is on increasing economies of scale by systematically focusing the product portfolio on strategic core components. On this basis, labour costs will be reduced by around €500 million. The Volkswagen Group Components sites in Kassel, Braunschweig, Salzgitter, Hannover, Wolfsburg and Chemnitz will be retained and factory costs will be continuously reviewed. New working time models will be introduced to make production capacities more flexible.

New SUV for the European market: the Tayron is Volkswagen’s second-largest SUV in Europe after the Touareg Sophisticated all-rounder – extremely spacious passenger and luggage compartments, five or optionally seven seats and a large maximum trailer weight of up to 2.5 tonnes Innovative plug-in hybrid: the Tayron eHybrid offers superior power delivery and becomes an electric car for everyday driving with an electric range of over 100 kmAvailable to order now: launching as the Life version, the Tayron will be available with a 110 kW mild hybrid drive and an extensive range of equipment from 45,475 euros The new Tayron celebrates its trade fair premiere at the “Mondial de l’Auto” in Paris from 14 to 20 October The new Tayron has arrived! – The large Volkswagen SUV with five or optionally seven seats is positioned between the Touareg (premium class) and the Tiguan (mid-class). Authentic: its clear and powerful SUV design. Best-in-class: the comfort levels. Superior: the high-quality feel. Generous: the space available. In the Tayron, five passengers can enjoy up to 885 litres of luggage space for travelling on holiday. A total of seven efficient drive systems will soon be available. The range includes two next-generation plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (eHybrid). They can achieve electric ranges of over 100 km and long journeys with up to 850 km between two refuelling stops. In addition, with the ability to tow up to 2.5 tonnes, the Tayron is a stylish yet well-equipped towing vehicle for trailers of all shapes and sizes. Pre-sales for the new Tayron open tomorrow on Thursday, 10 October.