Volkswagen is the most innovative volume brand for electric drive systems

• AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Award 2024: Volkswagen impresses with a broad range of innovations for electric range, charging capacity, consumption and electric ecosystem

• CAM analyses innovation activities of around 100 car brands in Europe, Asia and the USA every year

• This year, it collected and evaluated around 1,000 innovations that can deliver a decisive customer advantage in the fierce competition of the global automotive markets

• Volkswagen CEO Schäfer: “The award underlines the innovative advances made in all new ID. models”

Volkswagen has received the AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Award 2024 as the most innovative volume brand in the field of electric drives. The renowned award is presented annually by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM). In the opinion of CAM, Volkswagen scores highly thanks to its wide-ranging innovative performance in various technological aspects of electric mobility. The highlights include range improvements, as well as the optimisation of power consumption and charging capacity. In addition, the Volkswagen brand demonstrates its great innovative strength in the area of the electric ecosystem, which significantly increases charging convenience for customers. The ID.7 – the Volkswagen brand’s first electric vehicle in the upper mid-sized segment – was also rated positively

Thomas Schäfer, CEO of the Volkswagen brand, accepted the award in Wolfsburg: “Truly impressive vehicles are a prerequisite for the success of electric mobility. This coveted award underlines the innovative advances made in all new ID. models. Our Volkswagen electric cars have become even more attractive and offer customers a significant increase in comfort, performance and dynamics. Be it for electrically or conventionally powered vehicles, we will continue to push forward to introduce technical innovations on a broad scale. After all, this is and will remain a core aspect of the Volkswagen brand.”

Some of the innovations assessed by CAM at a glance:

Range

• Volkswagen ID.501: range optimisation up to 556 km in accordance with WLTP

Consumption

• Volkswagen ID.7: lowest consumption in the segment

Charging capacity

• Volkswagen ID.302: maximum charging capacity of the ID.3 increased from 135 kW to 170 kW

Electric ecosystem

• Volkswagen ID. Buzz03: preconditioning of the battery, a first for this segment, which starts automatically when a fast charging station is entered as the navigation destination

• Volkswagen ID. Buzz: integrated Plug & Charge function

Other

• Volkswagen ID.704: AP550 permanent magnet electric motor with 210 kW output and 550 Nm torque consumes 50 per cent less power than 150 kW drive motor

• Volkswagen ID.7: market launch as new product in the upper mid-sized segment