Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Herbert Diess speaks at 'Motion. Autos, Art, Architecture', an exhibition exploring parallels between the automobile and the art world, at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, in Bilbao, Spain, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent West
Gas supply risks from the war in Ukraine pose a serious threat to Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg, warned the German carmaker’s chief executive on Monday.
As a consequence, Volkswagen will temporarily base its energy supply on coal-fired power plans for longer, CEO Herbert Diess said during a discussion broadcast on YouTube.
Volkswagen is currently converting its power plant at its headquarters in Wolfsburg to gas, which is the more environmentally friendly option in the long term.