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🔋 Expanding premium charging: AUDI AG and Porsche AG lead the way! 🔌 Porsche continues to grow its fast-charging network, opening the fourth Porsche #Charging Lounge in #Ingolstadt, Germany. Following locations in Bingen am Rhein, Estenfeld near Würzburg, and Koblach in Austria, this new lounge offers four DC fast-charging stations (400 kW) and four AC points (22 kW) using certified green #electricity. Located at the Porsche dealership, close to Autobahn 9, it features sanitary facilities, a wide selection of soft drinks and snacks, high-performance WiFi, as well as analogue and digital media, available 24/7. 🔌 Audi charging hubs in Berlin, Munich, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Tokyo, and Zurich feature fast-charging points, each with up to 320 kW charging power (150 kW in Tokyo) — even when all are in simultaneous use. Enjoy drinks, snacks, and WiFi to make your charging time a relaxing experience. More lounges to come. ⚡ Have a look at these charging stations with a twist and stop by on your next trip!

🚌 Si, senhor, our colleagues from Volkswagen Truck & Bus in Brazil are testing a prototype #electric bus: It features a very fast charging battery: this project is the result of material specialists of CBMM and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions | Latinoamérica working on innovative batteries. They are now integrated in a Volkswagen electric bus. Check the advantages: ✅ greater safety when charging ✅ battery life is three times longer than conventional batteries ✅ ultra-fast charging reaches the vehicle's maximum range in just 10 minutes “This project is strategic for us to start developing the next generations of e-mobility. Seven years ago, we surprised the market with the first electric truck prototype made in Latin America. Now, we are once again anticipating global trends and seeking to lead the transformation of the industry", says Dr. h. c. Antonio Roberto Cortes, President and CEO of Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus.

🌳 All about the sustainability initiatives from our colleagues at Bentley Motors: organic interior option, river protection, innovative driving simulator, just to give you three examples, Earlier we congratulated Bentley's Environmental Foundation on its anniversary. Today, we take a look at some of the other sustainability projects they are working on. ♻ Industry bench mark for fully organic processing of leather: Free of metals, minerals, and aldehyde. The option was introduced in August 2023, with a tanning agent derived from organic by-products of olive oil pressing. ♻ Bentley’s dynamic driving simulator promises a more sustainable future: by introducing the new "compact full spectrum driving simulator", the car manufacturer will save 85 tons of CO2 per vehicle prototype, ♻ Cooperation with The Rivers Trust – one of the fastest growing environmental movements in the world. Its dedicated to protect and improve rivers across England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. What are your thoughts on sustainability initiatives?

❤ Greetings from #Berlin! Last night at the “Volkswagen Group Forum”, we celebrated the icons of pop-culture. A panel talk with German soul-singer Joy Denalane and producer Max Herre discussed the similarities of cars, like the Volkswagen Beetle or the Porsche AG 911, and #music: both carry emotions, memories and touch people. Among the guests: Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen Group. 👀 Nevertheless, modern technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and the metaverse are opening up new, exciting dimensions. These technologies will fundamentally change the way people experience and consume music - from AI-generated videos to infotainment and in-car karaoke to immersive live entertainment spaces. ❗ The current exhibition, „ICONIC - A Timeless Journey of Culture, Society and Mobility” features original examples from the arts, design, architecture and fashing. You will find it, super central, in Friedrichstraße 84, just a ten minute walk from Brandenburg Gate! ❤ Check! It! Out!--Its open until February 2025. See you in Berlin!

🎉 Our colleagues at #Bentley are celebrating the first anniversay of their "Environmental Foundation". Therefore, they are announcing three new partnerships: with Hubbub, Forum for the Future, and Renewable World, bringing the total number of partners to ten! So, here's a brief introduction of the three new partners: 🌳 A UK-based charity, Hubbub connects businesses, organizations, local authorities, and communities to create environmental campaigns. 🌏 For nearly three decades, Forum for the Future has been driving the shift towards a just and regenerative future. They inspire companies to place people and the planet at the core of their strategies. ⚡ Renewable World empowers communities in poverty by improving access to clean energy. For example, the foundation supports The CLASS Project in Nepal's Banke National Park. Closer to home, Bentley is regenerating the Valley Brook River in Crewe and providing environmental traineeships. Bentley Motors continues to inspire and educate early career colleagues, proud members of the Environmental Funders Network and Catalyst 2030.

🚛 Our colleagues of MAN Truck & Bus SE teamed up with E.ON. Together they will build a public charging #network for #electric #trucks in Europe. This partnership makes an important contribution to achieve heavy-duty emissions targets, sustainable logistics, and green supply chains. Goals: ✅ largest network in Germany with 125 locations ✅ 170 locations across #Europe with 400 #charging points ✅ first site to open this year, 80 more by the end of 2025 This will create the largest nationwide public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in Germany to date. Additional sites are being built in Austria, the UK, Denmark, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus, says: “I am delighted that E.ON is now a strong partner for the electrification of our service locations. We are thus laying another foundation stone for a public charging network.”

📈 The battery experts of Volkswagen Group, PowerCo are pushing for a more intense cooperation with California-based QuantumScape to #industrialize solid-state batteries. 🏭 A dedicated #team with experts from both companies will work together to advance lithium #technology toward mass-manufacturing. Given satisfactory technical progress, PowerCo can produce #battery cells with up to 40 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year, based on a QuantumScape’s technology. 🌎 This engagement represents the fastest way to achieve gigawatt-hour-scale production of solid-state technology to meet the global demand for #electric vehicle batteries. 💬 Frank Blome, CEO of PowerCo: “With this cooperation, we aim to bring the most sustainable and cutting-edge battery cells to our customers.”

👉 7.000.000 cubic yards of earth moved for the new Scout Motors production center. 👷♀️ Construction of the new Scout Motors production center in Blythewood, South Carolina is progressing rapidly: In the state-of-the-art factory, Scout will build up to 200,000 electric vehicles and create over 4,000 jobs. Scout has been part of the Volkswagen Group since 2021 and will offer "All-purpose. All-electric. All-American" vehicles in the USA. ❓ More information? Have a look at Scout Motors Inc.

✨ We are 684,000 people. Together, we shape the future of mobility for generations to come. Our talented colleagues create attractive cars at Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Škoda Auto, SEAT S.A., CUPRA, AUDI AG, Porsche AG, Bentley Motors, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., dynamic bikes from Ducati Motor Holding, or trucks & buses from TRATON GROUP and its brands such as Scania Group and MAN Truck & Bus SE. Other specialists work at PowerCo and Elli in the exciting field of battery & charging, CARIADians code automotive software and our financial experts work at Volkswagen Financial Services. ❔ What moves them, what do they move? Find out here, what Mohanna Azarmandi, Head of CARIAD Learning & Development CARIAD, has to tell. 👆 Swipe below! ❕ Who do you think deserves our spotlight? Join us in promoting #diversity and #inclusion in our global community. #FacesOfVolkswagenGroup

🌎 First half of 2024: our #deliveries reached the same level as last year. Check out three key facts: ● Worldwide deliveries: 4.35 million vehicles (H1 2023: 4.37 mio.) ● Deliveries of all-electric vehicles are slightly below last year (317,200 vehicles vs. 321,600 vehicles) ● Orders received in Western Europe for #allelectric vehicles: up 124% (H1 2024 vs. H1 2023) 💬 “In North America and South America, we grew significantly and were able to expand our market share. As announced, we have deliberately prioritized sustainable value creation over higher volumes in the highly competitive environment in China in order to achieve our long-term strategic goals.” says Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Group’s Extended Executive Committee for Sales.