• Latest generation of the pick-up to premiere this summer
• New Amarok impresses with numerous innovations
• Highly efficient V6 TDI engine being offered
• Self-assured design of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ premium pick-up for the men and women making the future

Hannover/Melbourne/Johannesburg, 14 January 2022 – Whenever it’s a matter of large loads, difficult country tracks or off-road terrain, it’s time for the Amarok from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV). The highlights of the new Amarok are as numerous as its possible uses as a pick-up are diverse. It will have its premiere this summer, and then be available to order in the first few markets at the end of the year.

• 359,500 vehicles passed to customers in 2021 (previous year 371,000)
• Drop due to difficult economic situation caused by coronavirus pandemic and global shortage of semiconductor products
• Customer demand up by nearly 20 per cent compared to the year before
• T series and Crafter with year-on-year increases
• Number of electric vehicles shipped up 35 per cent, ID. Buzz world première this March

Hannover 11 January 2022 – 2021 was again dominated at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV), as elsewhere, by the coronavirus pandemic and the challenges on the global semiconductor market that it partially caused. Over the course of the year, VWCV thus supplied a total of 359,500 vehicles to customers, a slight year-on-year drop of 3.2 per cent. “While we were almost able to maintain our previous year’s level in terms of units shipped, we are seeing very high, growing demand for our vehicles”, explains Lars Krause, Brand Board of Management Member for Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. “Last year alone orders received went up nearly 20 per cent compared to the year before. That’s a strong result for VWCV. Our main task for the coming months is therefore to continue during this tough production situation to work through fulfilling our high number of orders.”
 

• Euro NCAP results: new Caddy submits to tests and achieves top marks  

Hannover/Poznań, 14 December 2021 – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Caddy has been awarded the top rating of five stars after being put through Euro NCAP’s latest crash test series. The test consortium has thus shown that the new Caddy has not only become appreciably safer, but that it is even one of a group of currently top-rated passenger cars that perform especially well in various different crash scenarios.

• ID. California will expand Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ California models as an all-electric campervan
• VWCV plant in Hannover confirmed as production site for first Artemis Project vehicles and as body construction for Bentley
• VWCV CEO Carsten Intra: “We are developing Hannover into a multi-brand and high-tech site.”
• The site agreement jointly signed by management board and workers’ representatives rules out any operational redundancies in the period through to the end of 2029

Hannover, 9 December 2021 – At their meeting today, the Volkswagen AG supervisory board confirmed that production for the first vehicles from the Artemis Project and vehicle body construction for a new Bentley model will be done at the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ (VWCV) Hannover site. The board also approved the capital expenditure for VWCV’s all-electric
ID. California campervan and other derivatives of VWCV. The taking of these decisions secures the economical utilisation of the production facility at the headquarters of the VWCV brand and thus the corresponding jobs through to the end of the decade.

• For the men and women making the future: the latest generation of the pick-up is being unveiled next year
• “I’ll be back”: from 2022, the new Amarok will be impressing again with numerous innovations
• The draft design shows, for example, the off-roader’s numerous possible uses
• The look of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ pick-up is becoming more self-confident

Hannover/Melbourne/Johannesburg, 8 December 2021 – Whether it be getting medicine and food to remote locations, protecting wildlife in the African savanna or saving lives at the beach, the places where pick-ups are used are infinitely varied. Be it simply driving on open land like building sites or on rough tracks – the highlights of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ new Amarok are without doubt its versatility and off-road capabilities. Developed by teams in Australia and Europe, the premium pick-up is being produced in future in South Africa. In 2022, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ new Amarok will make its début and be available then to order in the first few markets.
 

• Result clearly impacted by worldwide supply chain bottlenecks
• 286,500 vehicles delivered to customers, a 5.3 per cent increase on the previous year
• Incoming orders increased significantly by 28.8 per cent compared to the same period last year
• Sales revenue reaches 7.3 billion euros
• Operating result of 55 million euros after three quarters

Hannover, 29 October 2021 – Due to the strained situation in the worldwide supply chain, especially for semiconductors, the positive development of the first half of the year lost some of its momentum at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) in the months that followed. In the first nine months of the year a total of around 286,500 vehicles were delivered to customers, a growth of 5.3 per cent compared with the same period last year. Sales revenue reached 7.3 billion euros (previous year 6.7 billion euros); the operating result stood at 55 million euros after nine months (previous year: -362 million euros).

• Transport sector’s most important international trade fair
• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and mobility services provider MOIA showcase possible uses for self-driving vehicles
• Ride-pooling shuttles support local public transport

Hannover/Hamburg, 11 October 2021 – The ITS World Congress opened today in Hamburg. Through until Friday (15 October) in hall 5, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) and MOIA are showing possible new uses being created through the development of self-driving vehicles. Industry visitors will take their place on comfortable MOIA seats in a model of the ID.BUZZ AD¹ in a standard shuttle configuration and experience on the screen how it is possible to organise autonomous transport of people and goods. “We see ourselves as the cities’ partners and want with these mobility services to make an important contribution to improving the transport offering and road safety”, explained VWCV Management Board Member Michael Obrowski to Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher as they looked around the stand this afternoon. It is in his city that from 2025 self-driving shuttles from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and MOIA will go into use for the first time anywhere in the world. Many major cities in Europe and the USA are then set to follow.
 

• Josef Baumert: “We are actively transforming production and employees.”
• Efficient production: focus on automation and digitalisation
• Sustainable: reducing the environmental impact of the production process by 50% by 2025
• Plant remodelling continuing: ID. BUZZ launches next year
• New Multivan now available to order

Hannover, 1 October 2021 – At Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) the first production vehicles of the new Multivan are coming off the line. It marks the first time that a Multivan with a plug-in hybrid engine has been made in Hannover. As well as the new drive system, the new Multivan provides greater comfort and safety, plus an innovative interior – and yet remains 100% a Multivan. The start of production is a milestone in the transformation process of the main VWCV plant. This, however, does not mean that the remodelling in the factory is finished: preparations are currently underway for production of the fully electric ID. BUZZ next year.