VW aims to be electric car leader by 2018

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It was just one year ago when VW CEO Martin Winterkorn proclaimed at the International Auto Show in Geneva that the daily use of electric vehicles is "very far away".

Well either 8 years is "very far away", or Martin has been taking about-face lessons from Bob Lutz. Here's what he said today, at the same auto show one year later:

"The goal is to become the market leader in E-mobility by the year 2018".

'Kay.

"The biggest European carmaker, Volkswagen, said Monday that electric car sales should represent three percent of all sales by 2018, five years after the launch of its first production series.

'The goal is to become the market leader in E-mobility by the year 2018,' boss Martin Winterkorn said in a statement, the same year it hopes to become the world's leading car maker, ahead of Japanese rival Toyota.

'We want to attain an electric vehicle market share of three percent within our entire range of products,' he added."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100301/bs_afp/germanyautoproductcompanyvw

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Omigod, won't their range be awfully limited

by the length of the extension cords?

[Auggie]

2. Huh... they're just launching their first hybrid.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/01/vw-hybrid-coupe-tests-us-reaction-to-new-styling-technology-at-detroit-auto-show/1