Volkswagen of America on Tuesday confirmed that it’s going to use the model title “Voltswagen” beginning in Could to distinguish its line of electrical autos — a day after the news was inadvertently leaked online.

It stated Voltswagen can be positioned as an exterior badge on all EV fashions, and gasoline autos could have the corporate’s iconic VW emblem solely, as they now do. ICE-powered autos would show the VW emblem on a darkish blue background, whereas EVs would show the brand on a light-weight blue background.

Exterior and inside signage will quickly roll out to all Voltswagen properties and dealerships throughout the U.S.

The title change will cowl all the automaker’s U.S. operations, although the brand new Voltswagen of America would proceed to stay an working unit of the bigger Volkswagen Group of America.

In a statement published on the automaker’s U.S. media website, the automaker referred to as the change a “public declaration of the corporate’s future-forward funding in e-mobility.”

“We may be altering out our Okay for a T, however what we aren’t altering is that this model’s dedication to creating best-in-class autos for drivers and folks in all places,” Scott Keogh, CEO of Voltswagen of America, stated within the launch. “The concept of a ‘folks’s automobile’ is the very material of our being. We have now stated, from the start of our shift to an electrical future, that we are going to construct EVs for the tens of millions, not simply millionaires. This title change signifies a nod to our previous because the peoples’ automobile and our agency perception that our future is in being the peoples’ electrical automobile.”

The title change is just not anticipated to hold upward to the father or mother firm in Germany, Volkswagen Group. The model will preserve its not too long ago redesigned VW emblem in each cases.

On Monday, media shops together with CNBC and USA At this time reported the title change after confirming the knowledge in a launch that was made public and rapidly taken down. An individual accustomed to the corporate’s pondering additionally confirmed the choice with Automotive Information on Monday.

VW started delivering its first battery-electric compact crossover, the ID4, to U.S. dealerships this month, and has launched an promoting marketing campaign to market the automobile. The ID4 relies on VW’s modular MEB electrical platform.