Škoda Elroq. Image from Škoda.
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There’s been so much focus on Volkswagen’s drastic plans to close factories and lay off employees, and rightfully so, but that overshadowed some actually pretty cool, uplifting news from the company.
In a company report on its first-half-of-year sales, the group’s 4.1 million sales were not a bright spot overall (down 6% year over year), but the company was was happy to point out a big win right in the headline: “Order book for all-electric vehicles in Europe rises by more than 50 percent.”
Whoa. That’s a great stat, a big increase in EV orders on its home continent. Also important to note: the company leadership was surprised by how much demand for EVs it’s seeing. (Doesn’t that still say a lot?)
