Volkswagen Group Announces Major Changes To Core Business Model

2016 is shaping up to be a tumultuous year for the Volkswagen Group, with shockwaves from the EA189 diesel engine emissions cheating scandal still rocking through the company.

Described as the “biggest change process” in Volkswagen’s history, a new long-term future plan, dubbed TOGETHER - Strategy 2025, will see the company adopt a new set of goals and procedures to ensure the future success of the organisation.

To do so, Volkswagen will look to streamline its existing automotive business, analysing its modular chassis architectures and striving for even greater engineering and production efficiencies, via reduced complexity.

Electric vehicles also form a key part of the plan, with a whopping 30 purely-electric vehicles to be launched over the next ten years. Volkswagen estimates that by that time EVs could represent 20 to 25 percent of its total sales volume.

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