VW sees EVs, plug-ins as key to meeting emissions goals

A production version of the Porsche Mission E concept, shown, is due in 2020.

May 29, 2016 05:00 AM

WOLFSBURG -- Volkswagen Group expects it will have to sell about 1 million battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles a year worldwide by 2025 to fulfill increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits in major markets.

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