US lawyers quickly hyped scandal Volkswagen diesel engine emissions, resulting in the brand had to abandon the sale of diesel cars in the US, as well as to allocate up to $ 25 billion. Of the 600,000 vehicles affected by the scandal, the German automaker was prepared to buy out 500 thousand pieces. US authorities have also ordered the German company to invest in the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, to submit a few cars on the electric in the coming years, including a crossover, and until 2025 to sell at least 5,000 electric vehicles per year in only one state of California.
Ready to cooperate with the US authorities, Volkswagen Group announced the creation of a subsidiary Electrify America, with headquarters in Virginia and prospective staff of 50 employees. With the support of contractors, the company will build in the US for at least 500 charging stations for electric vehicles, about 300 of them will be located in large cities, the remaining 200 are distributed on the major highways. At the request of the US authorities, access to these charging stations must be the owners of electric vehicles of all brands and Volkswagen advertising at these stations should be absent.
One of California's cities a new company will also launch a pilot Green City initiative, under which will be tested on public transportation electric, electric vehicle sharing program, and their short-term rentals. Volkswagen spend on these programs at least $ 2 billion. . Funds will be allocated $ 500 million Every two and a half years. The company has not yet decided how to recoup the costs of the planned construction of charging stations.
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