Those who wish to travel in an environmentally-friendly manner require a car with low fuel consumption, correct? Yes, but that is only one link in the chain.

Sustainable mobility is complex and it is important to consider every step of the journey: from vehicle development up to the required raw materials, from logistics to production, from the first kilometer to the last on the road, from deregistration to recycling.  

Every step of the way 

Paddy McGrath Paddy McGrath

Optimisation for carbon neutrality means looking into every element of a vehicle’s lifecycle, and seeking to either reduce that element’s impact or, where that proves impossible, compensate for it elsewhere.

 “We are not only thinking about the production and the use phase, but also the raw materials, precursors and suppliers, as well as the recycling,” explains Marko Gernuks, Head of Life Cycle Optimization at Volkswagen.