In mid-December at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg (a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory), the Volkswagen brand delivered the 250,000th electric car since the introduction of the e-up! in 2013.

The brand’s electrified model range has been continually expanded in the following years: e-Golf and Golf GTE followed in 2014; the Passat GTE and Passat Variant GTE in 2015; and since 2018, the Passat and Tiguan have been available as plug-in hybrids in China, where they were followed by battery electric versions of the Bora and Lavida.

The best-selling electric car has been the e-Golf, with 104,000 units delivered. The 250,000th car was a Pure White e-Golf; it was bought by Sandra Fleischer, who took delivery of it in mid-December.

Jürgen Stackmann — board member for sales, marketing and after-sales (www.volkswagenag.com) — said: “With its 250,000th electrified vehicle, the Volkswagen brand has reached a milestone on the way to carbon-neutral mobility.

"All-electric vehicles in particular — such as our new ID. Family — are the answer to major challenges of our times.

“They have a carbon-neutral balance, offer more space with comparable outside dimensions, and are quiet, highly efficient, economical and inexpensive to maintain.

"This is why we will be selling the next 250,000 electrified vehicles in a considerably shorter period of time. At Volkswagen, we are convinced that the future is electric.”

Despite some model changes, the Volkswagen brand delivered more than 70,000 electrified vehicles in 2019, following 50,000 in 2018.

The main sales markets in 2019 were China, Norway, Germany, the USA and the UK.