Low carbon is action, decarbonization is the goal.
Volkswagen Group (China) brought 8 pure electric models from its three major brands of Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche to the third China International Import Expo to demonstrate the group’s vision for a low-carbon future.
Dr. Feng Sihan, CEO of Volkswagen Group (China), said:
“Shaping a low-carbon future is the core of our global strategy. The Group is committed to working with its partners to achieve the goal of building a low-carbon future in 2050. In view of this, we very much appreciate and welcome China’s latest vision of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
For the Volkswagen Group, the realization of the carbon neutral vision is very important. It is not limited to the rapid expansion of the electric model lineup, but also involves the overall decarbonization from raw material supply to product production to the end of the product life cycle.”
They plan to invest 15 billion between 2020 and 2024. Euro to accelerate its electrification deployment in China.
The electrification offensive has become Volkswagen’s core strategy to achieve its carbon neutrality goal. Longer cruising range and complete charging facilities will promote the large-scale popularization of electric travel. The group is working hard with its Chinese partners to provide customers with convenient and environmentally friendly electric vehicle charging solutions.
Kaimais New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., jointly established by Volkswagen Group, Star Charging, FAW Group and Jianghuai Automobile, will provide Chinese consumers with private charging wall boxes and deploy public charging boxes with competitive advantages. ***DC charging station network.
At present, Kaimax has deployed 40 super charging stations in prime locations in Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen. Kaimax also plans to build a total of 255 charging stations in 16 cities across the country by the end of the year, including 1,800 dual-gun DC charging piles.
At the product level, the Volkswagen passenger car brand launched the pure electric ID. family based on the MEB platform, which plays an important role in the group's electric travel strategy while moving towards a carbon-neutral future. .
At this CIIE, the Volkswagen brand displayed the first models of the ID. family in the Chinese market - FAW-Volkswagen’s ID.4?CROZZ and SAIC Volkswagen’s ID.4?X , they will hit the market in early 2021.
These two pure electric SUVs adopt a new electronic architecture to provide a comprehensive digital experience through intelligent online services and advanced driving assistance systems. Volkswagen brand ID. family models will expand to eight models in 2023.
This time Audi brought its latest mass-produced electrified models Audi e-tron domestic version, Audi e-tron Sportback and Audi Q4 e-tron concept car to the CIIE. These e The -tron family of models represents Audi’s determination and commitment to fully promote carbon neutrality.
By 2025, Audi will launch 30 electrified models globally, 20 of which will be pure electric models. By 2024, Audi will put into production its first model based on the PPE high-end electric vehicle platform in China, further promoting the transformation of the four-ring brand in the world's largest automobile market.
With the theme of "Electric Racing? Fascination", the Porsche brand exhibited the rear-wheel drive Taycan and Taycan? 4S, which brought Porsche into a new era of sports cars, as well as the first pure electric racing car 99X? Electric, and Through fun-filled interactive sessions, it highlights Porsche’s innate track genes and the brand’s commitment to achieving “zero” carbon emissions from track to road.
Porsche aims to become the world’s most sustainable luxury sports car manufacturer. In the next five years, Porsche will invest 15 billion euros in new technologies, including electrified travel, digital transformation and sustainable development.
It is expected that by 2025, pure electric and hybrid models will account for half of Porsche’s new car sales.
At the same time, as part of its commitment to further support China's sustainable development, the Group's new corporate social responsibility initiative - the Volkswagen Group (China) Charity Forest Project was unveiled at this expo.
The public welfare forest project will be officially launched in 2021, aiming to help China's environmental protection and ecosystem improvement, and carry out afforestation in 10 ecologically fragile areas in northern China within the next 10 years.
According to the plan, the afforestation area of ??the project is about 40 million square meters, which is equivalent to twice the area of ??all Volkswagen Group (China) factories.
By 2031, the Volkswagen Group (China) public welfare forest project will cover Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang.
Decarbonization is the goal of low-carbon planned deployment. In this long decarbonization process, it is the linkage of the entire industrial chain and value chain, rather than simply making a few new energy models.
In fact, in my opinion, the decarbonization vision presented to us by the Volkswagen Group at the CIIE is exactly what a socially responsible company should do. But now there are not many brands that can consider such a big picture, so it is extremely precious.
I hope that the Volkswagen Group’s model of achieving carbon neutrality through carbon emission reduction across the entire value chain will be popularized and that more brands will take responsibility for decarbonization. , then our earth can still be saved.
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