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Volkswagen to build 800,000 fully-electric cars this year

Published 12/05/2022, 13:27
Updated 12/05/2022, 14:10
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen logo is pictured at the 2022 New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen logo is pictured at the 2022 New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen (ETR:VOWG_p) is planning to build 800,000 fully electric cars worldwide this year and 1.3 million in 2023, the carmaker said on Thursday, as it works towards making half its global output all-electric by 2030.

© Reuters. A technical employee fixes a VW sign at the production line for the electric Volkswagen model ID.5 car in Zwickau, Germany, January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel

It is optimistic that it will reach European emissions targets this year despite challenging circumstances for car production, its sales chief Hildegard Wortmann said, with electric car sales rising even as total deliveries fall.

Speaking during the carmaker's annual general meeting, chief executive Herbert Diess said he thought the timing was ideal for an initial public offering (IPO) of sports carmaker Porsche, which is planned for the fourth quarter of this year.

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