Volkswagen CEO sees no crisis in electric mobility, only “a lot of sentiment” against it

Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen, is clear: the future of mobility is 100% electric. Despite what many already point out as a crisis in the electricity sector, there are many companies that focus on the fact that the drop in the pace of sales is nothing more than a temporary blip, which will cease to be the case sooner rather than later.

One of the companies that thinks precisely this way is the aforementioned Volkswagen, which is focusing clearly and concisely on the growth of its electric range and the speed of their development. “The future belongs to electromobility,” Schäfer pointed out in an interview with the media. autogazette.

Schäfer points out that the company has already made a significant commitment and investment in electric vehicles, something that they cannot and do not want to give up now. So much so that the CEO has pointed out that the Volkswagen Group, in general, is quite aligned with the Paris Agreement on Climate Protection and that is why they have developed their range of vehicles in recent years aiming at the goal of achieving net carbon emissions.

“The future belongs to electromobility”

The manager placed special emphasis on the governments themselves that are now turning their interest again towards combustion engines, especially towards hybrid mechanics instead of pure electric ones: “To think now that you can simply press the pause button and then start again sometime it is not realistic. “Not just for us, but for the entire automotive industry.”

The CEO has pointed out that sales and interest in its electric cars are increasing significantly in recent months. Precisely for this reason he flatly denies the possibility that there is a crisis in the sector. “Currently there is a lot of sentiment against electric mobility. This is not helpful in advancing this technology. People wonder if the combustion engine is not the best solution and they claim that electromobility is too complex for the general public and that is not the case,” he assured.

Such is his interest in electric mobility that Schäfer continues with the clear objective of having a 100% electric range at the beginning of the next decade, thus anticipating the barrier itself imposed by the European Union of the year 2035. “I see no reason to review the objectives set for electric cars.”

The manager has assured that By 2030, 70 percent of its sales will be fully electric cars. Shortly after, around 2032 approximately, there will be all of them. “These objectives are established and are supported by corresponding portfolio planning.”

However, he has also pointed out that with lower prices, the demand for them would be greater, both for the purchase of the vehicle itself and for the vehicle’s charging network. For these and other reasons, he has also assured that currently electromobility cannot be for everyone, so, for them, the clear recommendation is plug-in hybrids, such as the new Golf PHEV with up to 143 kilometers of autonomy.