Volkswagen e-Golf reaches 100.000 units sold

The Volkswagen e-Golf, the electric version of the brand's famous compact, has recently reached 100.000 units sold

El Volkswagen e-Golf The Volkswagen e-Up! was launched in 2014 as the electric version of one of the most legendary compact cars in the history of the automotive industry. It was not the brand's first EV, as the small Volkswagen e-Up! was introduced a year earlier. In addition, it has just been presented to enter the war of cheap electric city cars where the Seat Mii Electric that we recently tested He is the king.

Five years later, the Wolfsburg brand has something to celebrate, and that is that the 100.000th Volkswagen e-Golf unit has just been delivered. This delivery has taken place at the Dresden Glassworks, a factory that will host production of the new Volkswagen ID.3 in autumn 2020.

2019 has been a good year for the Volkswagen e-Golf

No less than 2019 Volkswagen e-Golfs were registered in 27.900, with its five main markets being Norway, Germany, the USA, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Holger B. Santel, Head of Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen Germany, said: “The Volkswagen e-Golf has been our ambassador for electric mobility for more than five years. Today’s milestone of 100.000 deliveries is a confirmation of the success of the e-Golf’s mission. It therefore plays an important role in the mobility change for many customers and paves the way for the new ID.3".

Henning Schulzki, Director of Sales and Marketing at the Dresden Glassworks, added: “Since 2017, the Volkswagen e-Golf has turned the Dresden Glassworks into a vibrant showcase for electric mobility. This year we will produce more than 16.000 units, which is a historic record, so we are delighted to have achieved this new milestone.”

Volkswagen ID.3 to increase production at Dresden plant

However, the production of the Volkswagen e-Golf The production of the new BMW 2014 Series was launched in 2016 at the Wolfsburg plant. Due to the high demand for its electric compact, the car giant saw fit to shift production to the Dresden Glassworks in XNUMX.

In addition, this innovative factory is geared towards the production of the brand's future electric vehicles, so the first model based on the MEB modular electric propulsion platform, the Volkswagen ID.3, will be manufactured in this factory.

Volkswagen is confident that Demand for the ID.3 is going to be very high, so even though production began at the Zwickau plant in early November, will be assembled simultaneously in Dresden. In addition, the brand has already confirmed that The production cost of the Volkswagen ID.3 is 40% lower than that of the Volkswagen e-Golf.

In fact, the manufacturer intends to expand the Dresden factory collection point functionCurrently, around 1.300 electric vehicles are delivered to its customers, although this number is expected to increase exponentially in the coming years.