Volkswagen transforms a Greek island: all vehicles on the island are replaced by pure electric vehicles

The Volkswagen Group is now actively promoting its electrification strategy. Recently, they announced that they have reached a cooperation agreement with Greece to transform the Greek island of Estypalaia into a super environmentally friendly green island. All are electric driven.

This six-year cooperation includes replacing 1,500 diesel locomotives with 1,000 pure electric vehicles, and will also provide year-round pure electric vehicle exclusive travel services on the island. In addition, electric scooters and electric bicycles provided by the SEAT brand will be launched. Volkswagen will also help them electrify municipal vehicles and commercial vehicles.

The Greek island of Estypalaia is a 1,000 square kilometer island with 1,300 residents and receives 72,000 tourists every year. Most of its energy comes from fossil fuels. The agreement reached by Volkswagen aims to convert the island's main energy source to solar and wind energy and install 230 Elli charging piles on the island to charge electric vehicles.

The Volkswagen Group has formulated ambitious plans to invest 60 billion euros in areas such as electric vehicles by 2024, launch 75 pure electric models and 60 hybrid models by 2029, and launch 75 pure electric models and 60 hybrid models by 2050. Become carbon neutral.

The cooperation project between the Volkswagen Group and the Greek island of Estypalaia provides a practical opportunity to help the public understand the application methods and scope of new technologies and new services. However, the two parties have not yet disclosed the costs involved in this cooperation and the specific start time. It is estimated that it won’t be long before we can experience the fun of pure electric travel when we go to the Aegean Sea islands again.

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