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At the headquarters: Opel CEO Michael Lohscheller presented the corporate strategy – by 2024, all Opel series will have an electrified version.
“Opel’s hope is a small Stromer”
– Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung –
“On Tuesday, Opel opened a new chapter in its 120-year history: the start of the automotive electric era.”
– Rüsselsheim Echo –
“Opel reinvents the Corsa”
– car-motor-and-sport.de –
“The jump that Opel puts down with the new Corsa is huge – visually and technically.”
– Car traffic –
“The Corsa-e has what it takes to take on the role as the first real mass car among the electric cars.”
– Jürgen Pieper, analyst of Metzler Bank, on hr television –
Great interest: The presentation of the Opel Corsa-e has caused immense attention. 300 journalists from all over Europe had come to the headquarters in Rüsselsheim.
“The Rüsselsheimer want to attract buyers of their electric models with additional offers – such as the installation of charging boxes at home, with an app that lists all public charging stations and a route planner, which is based on existing charging options and the respective electricity prices.”
– The daily level –
“Opel surprised with Volkselektroauto (…)
For a small car, the e-version offers sensational performance, an attractive range and a very attractive price. “
– Saarbruecker Zeitung –
“Opel attacks VW – with the e-Corsa for 30,000 euros”
– Handelsblatt –
“With the Corsa-e, which can be ordered from now on, the Rüsselsheim bring an e-car at a price that is feasible even for normal earners.”
– Central German newspaper –
“In the Corsa-e find assistant from higher vehicle classes their application, including the blind spot detector and a traffic sign recognition.”
– Autobild.de –
“On the Corsa, new small cars will have to compete. The overall package is right, and the drive flexibility is in this class of any other German manufacturer.
– car engine and sport –
Premiere: In addition to the Corsa-e Opel also showed at the event in the K 48 for the first time the four-wheel drive plug-in hybrid variant of the Grand Land X.
“The new Vauxhall Corsa may be a small hatchback, but it marks a giant leap towards mainstream electric cars.”
– What car ?, UK –
“The future looks bright-electric – the two new flashes certainly have the potential to strike at buyers right.”
– Motorzeitung.de –
“(…) while the electrification of motoring, which turns the industry upside down, usually model-wise from top to bottom, it is different here. With the Corsa-e new technology is democratized from the beginning. Say: at affordable rates. “
– Main tip –
“After the takeover by PSA, the Rüsselsheim carmaker has a coherent strategy for e-mobility.”
– Frankfurter Rundschau –
“Opel starts seriously and very pragmatically into the E-era. But so purposefully and skilfully that all Stromers with the flash in the trademark will quickly capture high shares in the brand’s future sales program. “
– vision-mobility.de –
Who says that an electric car has to look different? Design boss Mark Adams explained the Opel philosophy.
“Our test buyers told us: Give us a great design, that’s all we want. The e-car should not look like e-cars, as was the case in the early years of this type of drive. “
– Design boss Mark Adams in conversation with automobilwoche.de –
“It’s a project built on the PSA (Common Modular Platform) platform CMP, much of the engineering work comes from Rüsselsheim – the Corsa-e is a true Opel, dynamic and direct.”
– Arrive –
“Innovation is like popcorn (…)
For years, little happens, and then it suddenly pings! and there is a big jump. It’s the same with e-mobility. (…) Now is the time, and technologies can prevail. “
– Opel boss Michael Lohscheller in an interview with the Aargauer Zeitung, Switzerland –
“The new Corsa. A breakthrough for Opel “
– L’Automobile Magazine, France –
“The interior is a big leap forward and top models will be equipped with a 10-inch display and a digital dashboard.”
– Manchester Evening News, UK –
“The modular CMP platform from PSA can be equipped flexibly with electric drive, gasoline or diesel engines. This will make it possible for Opel for the first time to offer electric cars in large numbers. “
– New Ruhr newspaper –
June 2019
Photos: Opel