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Volkswagen Commits $66 Billion For Future Cars

Money is flowing and shifting in the search for the car of the future.

Now Volkswagen is committing $66 billion into its auto future of cars that are electric, hybrid and connected.

The planned car development spending, slated for between 2020 and 2024, accounts for slightly more than 40% of VW’s investments in property, plant and equipment and all research and development costs, according to the automaker.

“We are resolutely pressing ahead with the transformation of the Volkswagen Group and focusing our investments on the future of mobility,” states Hans Dieter Pötsch, chairman of the supervisory board of the Volkswagen Group. “This is part of our systematic and consequent implementation of the group’s strategy.”

Through 2029, Volkswagen Group plans to introduce up to 75 all-electric models and 60 hybrid vehicles. The number of e-vehicles sold is projected to rise to 26 million by then, along with about 6 million hybrid vehicles.

Pretty much all new cars are coming with increased connectivity, meaning a new flow of consumer data will be following.

Vehicles will be communicating with other vehicles as well as with increasingly connected homes.

Volkswagen is looking to get in on that action.

 

 

 

 

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  1. R MARK REASBECK from www.USAonly.US , November 18, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

    At a cost of $400,000 per self driving car, they can build 165,000 units

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