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Sustainable mobility is firmly anchored in the ACCELERATE strategy of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. Key aspects are electrification of the portfolio and associated levers for decarbonization of the brand. These are among others: optimization of the entire value chain from the extraction of raw materials up to the recycling with regards to ecological and social aspects, minimization of environmental impacts in production and logistic and the development of innovative mobility solutions.

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand sets itself ambitious sustainability targets. One of them is the reduction of the fleet’s CO2 Footprint by 40% in Europe by 2030 (base year 2018). The holistic approach to the decarbonization of the company considers the whole lifecycle, from supply chain to production up to use phase and recycling. 

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Story: Head meets Heart – ID.4 GTX
07/21/21
Models

Head meets Heart – ID.4 GTX

SUVs are booming. Their drivers love the sense of space and the sporting driving pleasure. But is it still in keeping with the times in light of the impending climate disaster? Frank Bekemeier, Chief Technology Officer for Electric Mobility at Volkswagen, and Jens Obernolte, Head of Energy and Weight Management, explain how the ID.4 GTX reconciles environmental awareness and driving pleasure.
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Astypalea: Kick-off for transformation to smart, sustainable island
06/02/21
E-mobility

Green light for the electric island

The Greek island of Astypalea is set to become an electric island. This was agreed on by Volkswagen and the Greek government. Now, Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have handed over the first electric cars.
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Story "Volkswagen is Committed to Biodiversity"
05/22/21
Volkswagen Group News

Volkswagen is Committed to Biodiversity

At Volkswagen, biodiversity and the sustainable use of resources play an important role. On the United Nation’s international biodiversity day, the group is launching a call to all of its employees.
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Earth Day at Volkswagen: “I’m a professional climate protector”
04/22/21
Volkswagen Group News

Earth Day at Volkswagen: “I’m a professional climate protector”

To mark Earth Day on 22 April, the Volkswagen Group is giving all employees the opportunity to get involved in #Project1Hour: 660,000 employees will be given one hour, with their teams, to develop their own ideas to fight global warming. We introduce two Volkswagen brand employees who work to protect the climate on a daily basis. Motto: “I’m a professional climate protector.”
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Story: Elhadj As Sy: Volkswagen should be a champion for the environment
03/25/21
Company

Elhadj As Sy: Volkswagen should be a champion for the environment

Powerful forces such as climate change and digitization are changing the world at a breathtaking pace. During a six-month project, 25 young Volkswagen experts worked out what demands companies will face and what a responsible path into the future might look like. In this interview, Elhadj As Sy, member of the independent Volkswagen Sustainability Council, and Anne-Kathrin Beugel, Volkswagen Future Heads Network, discuss the challenges of 2040. Future Heads involves more than 300 of the company’s employees on topics relating to future mobility and social responsibility.​
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Volkswagen ID.3
03/19/21
Volkswagen Group News

How Volkswagen is becoming a climate-neutral company

“The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time,” says Herbert Diess, CEO of the Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen was the first automaker to commit to the Paris climate agreement back in 2018. By 2050, the company aims to be balance sheet CO₂ neutral. This dossier explains the efforts Volkswagen is making to protect the climate in many areas: in its products, in production and together with partners.
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Story "Volkswagen begins electric car sharing in Hamburg "
02/19/21
E-mobility

Volkswagen begins electric car sharing in Hamburg

Rethinking mobility: Volkswagen Group has already succeeded in doing this with the WeShare pilot project in Berlin since 2019 – so successfully, in fact, that fully electric car sharing will now also be possible in Hamburg from February 25. With this expansion, Volkswagen is driving forward the roll-out of climate-friendly e-mobility and new mobility services in equal measure.
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Volkswagen ID.3
02/08/21
Company

E-mobility is already this climate friendly today

Step-by-step on the way to a climate-neutral electric car: Using the ID.3 as an example, employees from Volkswagen’s Technical Development unit have examined how the carbon footprint of electric cars in Europe compares with that of internal combustion engines. With a clear result.
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Story “Energy expert: As much electrification as possible, as much hydrogen as necessary”
01/25/21
E-mobility

Energy expert: As much electrification as possible, as much hydrogen as necessary

Electricity or hydrogen? Germany is debating this question passionately once again. Dr. Felix Matthes is the research coordinator for energy policy at the Ökoinstitut and a member of the National Hydrogen Council. In this interview, he explains which technology makes sense in which areas and how the energy transition can succeed. We talked to him just a few weeks ago.
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The specified fuel consumption and emission data are determined in accordance with the measurement procedures prescribed by law. 1 January 2022, the WLTP test cycle completely replaced the NEDC test cycle and therefore no NEDC values are available for new type approved vehicles after that date.

This information does not refer to a single vehicle and is not part of the offer but is only intended for comparison between different types of vehicles. Additional equipment and accessories (additional components, tyre formats, etc.) can alter relevant vehicle parameters such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, affecting the vehicle's fuel consumption, power consumption, CO2 emissions and driving performance values in addition to weather and traffic conditions and individual driving behavior.

Due to more realistic testing conditions, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to WLTP will in many cases be higher than the values measured according to NEDC. As a result, the taxation of vehicles may change accordingly as of 1 September 2018. For further information on the differences between WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp.

Further information on official fuel consumption data and official specific CO2 emissions for new passenger cars can be found in the "Guide to fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption for new passenger car models", which is available free of charge from all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de/co2.