Volkswagen Group

⭐⭐Welcome to our March newsletter! This month, we are celebrating outstanding achievements and exciting developments across the Volkswagen Group. From groundbreaking product launches to inspiring initiatives, here’s a glimpse of what’s been happening:

😉 This week, we’re exploring some fascinating fun facts from our brands. So, you think Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. is all about sleek supercars? Think again! This legendary brand ventured into something rugged and #powerful, long before others caught on. Any guesses?

🚗 Mobility is changing rapidly worldwide. At Volkswagen Group, we aim to shape this era as “The Global Automotive Tech Driver.” 1️⃣8️⃣ In 2024, we prioritized 18 raw materials for in-depth analysis, focusing on human rights and environmental protection. Our Raw Materials Due Diligence Management System, supported by over 110 experts, helps us mitigate sustainability risks. Our Raw Materials Report 2024 outlines our approach and global efforts. We continue to enhance transparency and traceability in our supply chains, working closely with suppliers and stakeholders. Together, we can build stable, resilient, and sustainable supply relationships. #Sustainability #SupplyChain #VolkswagenGroup #RawMaterialsReport

🌳🌍 Natural rubber is a critical raw material for the automotive industry, and the Volkswagen Group is committed to ensuring its responsible sourcing. Through the CASCADE initiative by Porsche AG and Michelin, we are supporting smallholder farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia, fostering more sustainable practices for improving their livelihoods. 📢 We are dedicated to making a positive impact through the following actions: - Implementing targeted training programs for local farmers to enhance their practices and skills. - Expanding our reach to an additional 5,500 farmers by 2027, with new training modules focused on sustainable farming methods. - Improving the environmental and social conditions in the supply chain, ensuring that these practices are integrated at every level. - Addressing critical environmental challenges like biodiversity loss, while also tackling social issues by introducing income diversification through intercropping Together, we can drive positive change in the natural rubber industry, beneficial to all. 💪 #NaturalRubber #ResponsibleSourcing #EmpoweringFarmers

🌱 Volkswagen Group has published the 5th Responsible Raw Materials Report, detailing our efforts in sustainable raw material procurement. 🔥Highlights include: - #Scania's support for the Marikana Coalition in South Africa, providing education for children - Participation in IRMA forums on lithium mining in Chile and nickel industry in Indonesia - Joint action plan signed by 20 local stakeholders to manage water resources in Chile's Salar de Atacama Basin - Efforts to eradicate child labor in mica mines in India through education and income diversification - #Porsche's commitment to the CASCADE project in Indonesia to improve smallholders' livelihoods - Development of Battery SAQ in collaboration with DRIVE Sustainability, addressing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics 📢 Learn more about our commitment to sustainability in the latest report👇

🌍 The Responsible Lithium Partnership (2021-2025) in Salar de Atacama, Chile, has been a collaborative effort by BASF, BMW Group, Daimler Truck AG, Fairphone, Mercedes-Benz AG, and Volkswagen Group. Implemented by GIZ, this project aims to promote sustainable lithium extraction and improve local community engagement. 📢 Excited about sustainability? Learn what Friederike Schön from Volkswagen Group has to say about the impact of this initiative 👇 #SustainableFuture #ResponsibleMining #CommunityEngagement

⚡Hypermiling brings Hypersmiling😊 - maximize your EV range with these 7 expert tips! Felix Egolf, the "Range King" from Zug, Switzerland, has mastered the art of hypermiling, achieving remarkable distances with electric vehicles. His philosophy is simple: "Efficiency doesn't have to be boring." With achievements like driving the ID.3 Pro S over 15 Alpine passes and 13,000 meters of elevation for 602 km (WLTP: 539 km), Felix demonstrates that smart driving can lead to impressive results. Check out his top 7 tips to help you extend your EV's range and enjoy the ride. Check out his top 7 advices below 👇

🚛 🚌 Sharing is caring: while developing autonomous driving, our colleagues of MAN Truck & Bus SE have collected a lot of data from vehicles and sensors. Now they are the first truck manufacturer to publish these bits & bytes. 🔄️ This exchange accelerates the development, simplifies validation, and promotes standardization of formats. The first “MAN”-set features 747 driving scenes and is freely available now, to developers, universities, and scientific institutions 💬 “Data sets such as MAN TruckScenes are an important resource for data-driven development. There are already numerous publicly available data sets for the passenger car sector. But not for the truck sector. With MAN TruckScenes, we are moving forward to fill this gap,” says Frederik Zohm, Executive Board Member for Research and Development at MAN Truck & Bus.

2x 💪 Two strong partners are pushing for many strong products: Volkswagen Group China, together with FAW, are strengthening the future product portfolio of FAW-Volkswagen. Expect an intense boost, starting 2026 already, with eleven all-new vehicles, technologically empowered by our local R&D, making them state-of-the-art intelligent, fully connected vehicles (ICVs) . Cutting-edge technologies, developed “in China, for China”: 🔵 “Compact Main Platform” (CMP), capturing the growth of the compact segment which will cover 50% of the future BEV market 🔵 “China E-Architecture”, for ADAS functions & advanced digital services 🔵 AI-based ADAS-stack, enables autonomous driving, up to Level 2++ with highest comfort and safety Plus: Future platform for the highly competitive mid-class segment Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of Volkswagen China: "VW brand product portfolio plan is fully ready for the era of intelligent connected vehicles! All three of our joint ventures — FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN, and Volkswagen Anhui —have a solid, future-proof product pipeline for China till 2030." This is how “In China, for China” comes to life! Stay tuned for Auto Shanghai in late April. Check out more details:

🌱 Did you know? We have a global initiative to decarbonize our retail network. 👣 One goal of #goTOzeroRETAIL: to reduce the network's carbon footprint by at least thirty percent by 2030 compared to 2020. 🏆Two of our French dealerships have now received their certificates: JEAN LAIN MOBILITÉS and DBF AUTOMOBILES. Thank you for your work & for coming to Wolfsburg, Sigourney Lain, Denis LAURENT, Franck Mary from Jean Lain Mobilités & François Désarmeaux, Cédric Sauvagnat, Gaspard Désarmeaux from DBF Automobiles. This is goTOzero RETAIL: ✅ 70 environmental criteria for certification ✅ A project for all 17,000 dealers in around 150 countries 💬 Dirk Voeste, Chief Sustainability Officer Volkswagen Group, stated: "It was a special pleasure for me to present the silver and platinum certificates to two dealerships from France for their sustainability achievements as part of the goTOzero Retail initiative. The discussions in Wolfsburg once again showed me that we are on the right track with regenerate+ and how highly motivated our partners are in working towards its implementation.“ #goTOzeroRETAIL #sustainability #decarbonization #regenerate+