🚀💪March Milestones: strategic growth, empowering women & exciting premieres

Welcome to our March newsletter! This month, we were celebrating remarkable achievements and thrilling developments across the Volkswagen Group. From groundbreaking product launches to inspiring initiatives, here's a sneak peek at what's been happening:

1.💛 World Premiere: ID. EVERY1!

Get ready for the 20,000 euro all-electric car, designed for Europe, set to cruise the streets of Athens, Barcelona, and Copenhagen in 2027. Discover the future of affordable e-mobility!

2. 📑 Financial year 2024: solid. Outlook for 2025: robust

Key figures:

📈 €324.7bn in sales revenue, 

📈 9.0 million vehicle sales, plus 

📈 88% increase in BEV order intake. 

Get more information here.

3.🌐 CEO Oliver Blume highlights our strategic transformation and focus on e-mobility and autonomous driving.

Our Group Strategy for becoming the Global Automotive Tech Driver. Dive into our strategic pillars 

✅ Driving innovation, 

✅ Sustainability, 

✅ and the mobility of tomorrow. 

Learn how we're shaping the future with flexible mobility solutions, strong principles, and strategic priorities 👉here.

4. 🚀 Celebration of International Women's Day

We dedicated one week to honor the incredible women shaping the future of mobility. From driving innovation to leading with purpose, these inspiring leaders are making a real difference.

Discover their stories and celebrate diversity with us!

5. 🌿5th Responsible Raw Materials Report

Explore our sustainable raw material procurement efforts and global initiatives.

Highlights include the  joint action plan signed by twenty local stakeholders to manage water resources in Chile's Salar de Atacama Basin and Porsche's commitment to the CASCADE project in Indonesia to improve smallholders' livelihoods.

6. 👣 Decarbonizing Retail with Global Initiative #goTOzeroRETAIL

We're committed to reducing our retail network's carbon footprint by 30% by 2030. Two French dealerships have been awarded sustainability certificates for their outstanding contributions.

💬 Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer Volkswagen Group, emphasized the dealerships' contributions and the significance of the regenerate+ initiative.

7. 🤝 Sharing is Caring: MAN's Data Sharing Initiative

MAN Truck & Bus SE is leading the way in autonomous driving development by sharing valuable data sets. This initiative accelerates development, simplifies validation, and promotes standardization.

8. In China, for China

Exciting times ahead! Volkswagen Group China and @FAW are set to launch eleven new intelligent, fully connected vehicles from 2026. 

🌟 Innovative technologies, developed “in China, for China”:

🔵 CMP: Compact segment growth

🔵 China E-Architecture: ADAS & digital services

🔵 AI-based ADAS-stack: Autonomous driving, Level 2

➕ A future platform for the mid-class segment. Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of Volkswagen China, proudly states, "Our product pipeline is future-proof for China till 2030!"

📢 Stay tuned for more exciting details at Auto Shanghai in late April!