Volkswagen Group has raised its electrical automotive gross sales aim for Europe for its core VW passenger automobiles model.

The model’s new goal is for not less than 80 % of its gross sales in Europe to be full-electric fashions in 2030, stated Thomas Ulbrich, who heads VW model’s New Mobility enterprise.

Beneath VW’s Speed up electrification technique unveiled in 2021, the 2030 goal was 70 %.

Ulbrich stated the VW model has essentially the most bold goal of all VW Group manufacturers, which embrace Audi, Skoda and Seat/Cupra.

The VW model has “all the time been on the forefront of those points within the group and we really feel obliged to set our targets so excessive,” Ulbrich advised Automotive Information Europe‘s sister publication Automobilwoche.

VW model is launching new and refreshed fashions below its ID badge for all-electric automobiles.

• The ID3, the primary ID mannequin that launched in 2019, has simply been given a face-lift, with a cleaner design and software program upgrades.
• The ID7, a Passat-sized electrical sedan, is anticipated to be unveiled on March 15 after VW confirmed a near-production, camouflaged prototype on the CES in Las Vegas in January.
• VW will launch an all-electric model of the Tiguan SUV in 2025
• Entry-level battery-electric automobiles priced below 25,000 euros, a hatchback and a crossover, seemingly known as the ID1 and ID2.

The model has a protracted technique to go to attain the 80 % goal. Final 12 months full-electric automobiles accounted for simply over 10 % of complete VW passenger automotive gross sales.

Ulbrich acknowledged that the brand new goal was “extraordinarily bold.” He stated: “This path exhibits our dedication to the electrification technique.”

VW isn’t elevating its full EV targets for the markets in China and the U.S., the place its targets for battery-electric automobiles stay at 50 %.