Volkswagen Group India partners with Indo-German Urban Mela as 'City Partners' for Pune

Volkswagen Group India brings future mobility concepts for the first time to its hometown Pune.

After a successful display of future mobility at Indo-German Urban Mela (IGUM) in Delhi, Volkswagen Group India will be present at the Pune Edition of IGUM. At the Volkswagen Group
India exhibition pavilion at IGUM, two important concepts, 'MicroCity' and 'NILS' will be showcased. Volkswagen will also talk about the future targets based on Innovation, Responsibility and Sustainability. Under Innovation, the displayed content will be on the future of hybrid mobility, electric mobility and alternative fuels. Sustainability theme will cover topics ranging from 'ThinkBlue. Factory.' to eco-compatible technologies, recycling concepts, forms of energy and renewable sources of energy. Under the theme of Responsibility, there will be information on various activities undertaken by Volkswagen Group in that respect.

Town planners worldwide are in search of visionary concepts that will enable them to keep pace with increasing volumes of traffic. One of the solutions conceptualised by Volkswagen to address these problems concerning urban congestion is MicroCity. It is a concept of intelligent traffic systems which makes using passenger vehicles in cities easier and more appealing for customers. The MicroCity is a mobility hub that is more than simply a car park and comes with integrated vehicle-related services such as charging stations and vehicle rental stations. The MicroCity is also a central point for switching to different modes of transport - boarding an underground train, taking advantage of car sharing and car pools, or hiring an e-scooter for those last few metres to the city centre. This hub is enhanced with shops and other useful services. The logical combination of mobility, services and concentrated parking zones in micro-cities could thus provide lasting relief for overcrowded cities and rid the urban landscape of the long rows of stationary vehicles - a vision that is surprisingly realistic. With the MicroCity, Volkswagen is able to position itself with customers and cities as a partner for an intelligent form of urban mobility.

NILS is a single-seat electric concept vehicle designed to address future individual mobility requirements. The NILS project is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, and is designed to be both technically realistic and economically feasible. NILS is a very compact car that requires extremely little space in traffic. It is only 3.04 metres long and just 1.39 metres wide from wheel to wheel, and a mere 1.2 metres tall. This concept car - which features an aluminium space frame, wing doors and free-standing wheels has the dynamic performance of a sports car, yet travels silently with zero-emissions. Optimal weight distribution, practical design, safety features like automatic braking and a range of 65 kilometres with top speed of 130 km/h, NILS would be an ideal vehicle for majority of commuters in cities.

Volkswagen will also be organising plant tour of their world-class Chakan facility through their pavilion at IGUM.

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