The Volkswagen Group is launching a major electro-mobility campaign in China—the the biggest initiative for e-mobility in China’s automotive history, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG, on the eve of the Auto China motor show in Beijing. The initiative gets underway with the launch this year of the Volkswagen brand’s battery-electric e-up! and e-Golf models.
Volkswagen has agreed the basic concept and design of a budget car for emerging markets, said Hans Demant, the VW executive in charge of the project.
Volkswagen forecast its sales in China will increase 10 percent or more in 2014, signaling that the company will outsell General Motors Co. in the world’s biggest auto market for a second-straight year.
Earlier this week Land Rover unveiled a Discovery Vision concept, previewing a new Discovery family, as well future Terrain Response system with Remote Control Drive, Laser Terrain Scanning and Transparent Bonnet head-up display.
McLaren Automotive will stick to building sports cars and ruled out following rivals that are adding SUVs to their lineups.
“We genuinely believe we make the best sports cars in the world,” CEO Mike Flewitt said in an interview here on Friday. “We need to remain very focused. McLaren is a sports car brand and that’s exactly what we’re going to remain.”
