At an 11 September event in Vienna, Volkswagen Chairman and ESG Officer Hans Dieter Pötsch generally supported electrification while strongly emphasizinig associated challenges, such as adequate electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, the electrical grid, and the availability of raw materials and financial incentives. Pötsch appeared to advocate for a delay of the EU’s CO2 emissions reduction targets, saying targets must be “adapted to reality” and that “the e-mobility trend will prevail, but it will take more time.”