News Digest Item
23 Jan 2017

“Volkswagen Beetle to go electric?”

Automobile

VW is considering including the iconic Beetle in its electrification plan, Automobile reports. “There have been no decisions so far,” Volkswagen’s head of design Klaus Bischoff told the publication at the Detroit auto show, “but it’s possible the Bug’s future is electric.”

Read the report in English here.

For background, read the CLEW factsheet Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility.

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