German automaker Volkswagen and PSA Peugeot Citroen (psa) announced plans to launch an electric car sharing service in recent days. This news further promotes the development of the electric vehicle industry, and the electric car industry is also celebrating the latest UK. Sales data shows strong growth in plug-in and hybrid vehicles, while sales of diesel vehicles are declining.
Volkswagen revealed yesterday that it will launch a zero-emission car sharing service in Germany next year, and will begin international car sharing services in major cities in Europe, North America and Asia in 2020. Volkswagen said that Volkswagen's shared fleet will be completely Composed of electric vehicles, and will be supported by expanding its we/we on-board customer platform, which may offer 'micro mobile solutions' in the future, such as parking, positioning, boarding and carpooling services.
Volkswagen's brand member JürgenStackmann (joanjuan), who is in charge of sales, announced the decision yesterday in Berlin, welcoming the huge potential of the car sharing market. He said: 'This is why we enter with a single source concept as a whole This market covers all mobile needs from short trips to long vacations. “ Our on-demand vehicles will consist entirely of electric vehicles and will therefore provide zero emissions and sustainable mobility.
Prior to this, competitor PSA also issued a similar statement yesterday, saying that it plans to launch free mobile electric car sharing service in Paris in the last quarter of this year. The existing fleet has 500 Peugeot and Citroen electric cars.
Brisatte Courtehoux, a member of the psa Executive Committee, said that the plan to share electric cars is because of the close cooperation with the Paris City Hall, the government has been seeking to reduce the impact of air pollution on the entire French capital.
In addition, the latest official sales data for the UK auto market shows that the number of registered plug-in and hybrid vehicles increased by 45% in June. Overall, sales of electric and hybrid vehicles increased by nearly four quarters compared to 2018. I. It is reported that Shell CEO Benvan Beurden supports the British government's ban on diesel and gasoline sales by 2040.
In summary, the speed of new energy vehicles to replace traditional fuel vehicles will be accelerated.