► 150 millionth VW
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A Volkswagen Golf GTE has become the 150 millionth car ever built by the brand.
VW’s latest brain-boggling figure comes from its Wolfsburg plant, where an Atlantic Blue Golf GTE joins the ranks of the 34 million other Golf models built there.
Highly convenient that this anniversary car happens to be a hybrid; VW is keen to point out that this is what will shape the future of the brand instead of looking at its past.
VW’s I.D. electric brand kicks off with the I.D. hatch from 2020, with the Buzz microbus version coming two years later. The plan is for one million electric VWs to be on the roads by 2025.
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VW boss, Herbert Diess, said: ‘I see the 150 millionth Volkswagen as an incentive to do everything to ensure a good future for Volkswagen. This brand means a lot to me.’
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