{"id":11446,"date":"2021-10-19T11:06:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=11446"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:08:24","slug":"vw-ceo-tells-people-to-buy-evs-instead-of-combustion-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2021\/10\/19\/vw-ceo-tells-people-to-buy-evs-instead-of-combustion-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"VW boss tells people to buy their EVs instead of combustion engine cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

“It’s time to switch” is how the Volkswagen Group’s head honcho Herbert Diess ended a rather juicy post on his personal LinkedIn<\/em> account. Citing an analysis made by German-language biweekly automobile enthusiast magazine Autozeitung<\/em>, the 62-year-old executive argues you’re better off buying one of the company’s EVs instead of the current crop of vehicles powered by combustion engines that VW and the rest of the brands from the Group are selling.<\/p>\n

Taking into account all of the factors regarding buying and maintaining a car, Autozeitung<\/em> reached the conclusion it costs about 30 percent more per kilometer to own a Volkswagen Tiguan compared to the fully electric ID.4<\/a>. It’s even more expensive to run an Audi Q5 compared to the Q4 E-Tron, with the former generating approximately 40 percent additional costs per kilometer.<\/p>\n

The difference is downright huge between the Skoda Kodiaq and the zero-emissions Enyaq iV<\/a> as the SUV powered by a combustion engine has around 50 percent higher costs per kilometer than the Czech brand’s first SUV without a gasoline or diesel unit.<\/p>\n