Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Volkswagen Group to cut over 40 models: Matthias Muller

Volkswagen, the biggest German company plans to cut more than 40 models within its five important brands in the international automotive market. The total VW Group, including Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Skoda and Seat, has around 340 best-in-class models in the global market. But, the list of cars will be reduced to below 300 cars with the new announcement from Volkswagen. There are two reasons to cut down models, one is the biggest diesel emission scandal and another one is the sales of all models were low in the respective markets.

Matthias Muller, Chief Executive of Volkswagen, announced that the company will cut the few car and motorcycle models but, he didn’t reveal the number. Additionally, VW has presented a new strategic plan, “Together –Strategy 2025”. The main objective of the new VW strategy is the group to focus on introducing self-driving vehicles and electric cars in the international automotive industry. This plan will implement by Volkswagen in the coming years to overcome from the major emission scandal that amounts $18.3 billion.

As per the reports, the carmaker is difficult to manage the making of multiple models at the production units. In which, the total of 12 automotive brands like MAN trucks, Ducati motorcycles and Lamborghini sports cars. The Europe’s largest carmaker plans to get the reputation again in the market with the implementation of the new strategy plans. Volkswagen carmaker will invest billions of Euros in introducing the environment-friendly electric vehicles and become the world leader by the end of 2025 with the automated driving technology. 

Volkswagen has already confirmed that the company introduces 30 all-new electric cars globally by 2025 end. Additionally, VW plans to sell nearly 3 million of cars in the car market with the introduction of the new strategy plan.

Content Source : Automotive Blog

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