At the 130th Annual General Meeting in Neckarsulm, it was revealed that Audi is taking big steps to become a leader in CO2-neutral premium mobility. The automaker is accelerating its electrification drive reducing its CO2 footprint. In the next six years, they plan to decrease 30% of its carbon emission and bring policies that focus on Consistently Audi principal.
“Audi offers the most attractive form of sustainable mobility: Our vision stands for a new consistency in the strategic alignment and its implementation. We want to create the strongest customer experiences in our industry and thus lead Audi to the forefront of change in the premium segment,” says Bram Schot, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG. “For me, it is crucial that we become a customer-oriented company through and through. Our key topics, therefore, include comprehensive connectivity, a convincing digital ecosystem and highly automated driving with a focus on interurban long distances.”
In the next six years, Audi will have over 30 electrified vehicles. Out of these, 20 will be fully electric. Audi will first use its modular electric-drive kit (MEB) to develop compact electric vehicles. The automaker anticipates electrified cars to represent around 40% of worldwide unit sales in the next six years.
In its pursuit to follow Consistently Audi plan, the automaker is working to make its entire vehicle lifecycle CO2-neutral including construction and recycling. Audi will also focus on renewal energy sources as part of its efforts to reduce carbon footprint.
“A prerequisite for the success of our strategic realignment is that we position Audi in a structurally efficient manner and lead it back to financial top performance. Already in 2018, we established a clearly defined program for this in the form of the Audi Transformation Plan,” says Alexander Seitz, Member of the Board of Management for Finance, China and Legal Affairs. “Recent months have shown that our measures are taking effect and that we can at least partially offset the current extraordinarily high adverse factors. We will build on this in a highly disciplined manner because our environment and the future course will continue to challenge us enormously.”