All Press Releases
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Volkswagen Group increases global deliveries to 6.6 million vehicles by the end of September
On October 10, 2025, the Volkswagen Group published the deliveries for January to September 2025.
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Elli Mobility Flotten Report 2025: Zwei Drittel der Fuhrparks wollen elektrifizieren und suchen nach Expertise
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EV batteries drive the energy transition: Roland Berger study shows high potential of decentralized energy in Germany
Elli – a brand of the Volkswagen Group – together with an alliance of leading energy companies presents a new study about decentralized energy solutions. Technologies like electric vehicles, solar power systems, home storage systems, and heat pumps can save the German energy system up to €255 billion by 2045. This corresponds to around €13 billion per year in added value – a key lever for a secure, independent, and cost-efficient energy transition. Roland Berger’s analysis shows that Germany can only achieve both energy supply security and overall cost efficiency through the combination of large-scale centralized power plants and decentralized energy technologies.
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Karl Bernqvist new Chief Purchasing Officer at TRATON
Karl Bernqvist (50) will take over the position as Chief Purchasing Officer at TRATON and member of the Executive Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE responsible for procurement. He will succeed Murat Aksel, who, due to different views on the future strategic direction of the company, mutually agreed with the Supervisory Board of MAN Truck and Bus SE and the Board of Management of TRATON SE to end his position as of October 31, 2025.
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Neue Talkreihe zur Ausstellung „ICONIC“ im DRIVE in Berlin – Auftakt mit „Herkunft, Herz, Haltung – Peemöllers HEIMAT-Talk“
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Semiconductors at the Core of Automotive Innovation: Volkswagen Group Highlights Procurement Strategy and Rivian Alliance at the IAA
Volkswagen Group united industry leaders at the 4th Semiconductor Summit during IAA Mobility in Munich to provide insights on its semiconductor procurement strategy while strengthening partnerships and advancing innovation between the automotive and semiconductor industries. A highlight of this year’s Summit was Volkswagen Group’s new level procurement model with Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, covering more than 50 semiconductor categories. These include core components such as microcontrollers, power transistors, and printed circuit boards that power and connect modern vehicles. The initiative reflects the Group’s proactive approach to expand its supplier base, build resilient partnerships, and strengthen its ambition to become the Global Automotive Tech Driver.
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IAA Mobility 2025: Elli launches bidirectional charging pilot and starts recruiting
At IAA Mobility 2025, Volkswagen Group subsidiary Elli presents a pilot project for bidirectional (“Bidi”) charging in private households for the first time. In the future, homes can be powered by EV batteries and the home’s solar power system.
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Boosting innovation, reshaping mobility: Volkswagen Group invests in AI
Volkswagen Group intends to invest up to one billion euros in the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 as part of its existing investment planning. The company announced this during the IAA Mobility trade fair. The focus is on AI-supported vehicle development, industrial applications, and the expansion of high-performance IT infrastructures. The goal is to make vehicles and innovations available to customers even faster. At the same time, Volkswagen expects sustainable efficiency gains through the consistent use of AI – and a strengthened, more resilient position in the global technology competition.
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Sharpened design philosophy of the Volkswagen Group as the key to sustainable brand success
Each brand of the Volkswagen Group has its own strong identity that has grown over many years. In addition to the technological profile, design plays a decisive role in individual positioning on the market and an optimal customer approach. Under the leadership of Michael Mauer, Volkswagen Group Design, together with the design managers of the brands, has sharpened the respective design criteria and given them a formal structure. It presents the different values, target groups and characters of the brands in a consistent and differentiated way. To support this process, a structuring model based on archetypal role models was used as a creative tool to describe brand personalities. The Volkswagen Group will be presenting the design philosophies of the Volkswagen, Scout and Porsche brands as examples at the IAA in Munich.
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Made in Europe: Volkswagen, PowerCo and Elli launch pioneering battery and energy technologies
The Volkswagen Group and its subsidiaries PowerCo and Elli are pushing sustainable mobility "made in Europe" at the IAA Mobility 2025. They are showcasing pioneering technologies for the automotive industry: The world's first Group test vehicle with solid-state battery provides a glimpse of the battery technology of tomorrow. PowerCo’s Unified Cell, which will be used for the first time in the Electric Urban Car Family of Volkswagen, ŠKODA and CUPRA, is ready for series production. In combination with the new battery system, it will provide a technological leap in terms of performance, cost efficiency and flexibility. The Volkswagen Group is consistently expanding its know-how in e-mobility and now has the broadest range of technologies on the market – from combustion engines to PHEVs and all-electric vehicles to battery and energy technologies.
