Foreign media: Volkswagen Fede CEO Dis

Zhongxin Jingwei, July 24th. According to the Chinese website of the Wall Street Journal, Volkswagen said that the company's chief executive Herbert Diess will step down on September 1st, and the board of directors on Friday (July 22) a one time (July 22) The meeting determined the change of management.

It is reported that after the 2015 Volkswagen diesel cars discharge scandal, Dis took charge of the company. The move was surprising with Dis leading Volkswagen's transition to electric vehicles.

The report also mentioned that Dis's successor will be Oliver Blume, and Blume will continue to serve as CEO of Porsche, a subsidiary of Volkswagen.

According to media reports, just one year ago, Dis obtained a contract extension book that extended the contract from 2023 to October 2025. Dis said in May this year that by 2025, Volkswagen Group will surpass Tesla to become the world's largest electric vehicle company, but he failed to wait until that day.

It is reported that Dis is a firm promoter of electrification reform. According to the plan, Volkswagen Group will invest 60 billion euros in five years since 2020, which is committed to electrification and digitalization. Among them, the R & D cost of the MEB modular architecture is as high as 7 billion euros. The Volkswagen Group has estimated that in 2029 and the sales scale of electric vehicles reached 20 million units, the R & D cost of the MEB platform can be recovered. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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