At the Autostadt in Germany, Sandra Fleischer (2nd from left in the featured photo) took the delivery of Volkswagen’s 250,000th electrified vehicle – an e-Golf.
The brand’s electrified model range has expanded ever since the introduction of the e-up! in 2013. The e-Golf and Golf GTE followed in 2014, the Passat GTE and Passat Variant GTE in 2015. Since 2018, the Passat and Tiguan have been available as plug-in hybrids in China, where they were followed by the battery electric versions of the Bora and Lavida this year.
The best-selling electric car has been the e-Golf with 104,000 units delivered, followed by the Golf GTE (51,000), Passat Variant GTE (42,000) and e-up! (21,000). Half of the customers opted for a battery electric vehicle and the other half for a plug-in hybrid, the company added.
Volkswagen brand delivered more than 70,000 electrified vehicles in 2019. The main sales markets in 2019 were China, Norway, Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom.
Also read: Volkswagen’s interesting history of electric mobility
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