Press Release

June 30, 2025

Milestone reached: 40,000 company bikes handed over to staff across the Group

Wolfsburg/Braunschweig, June 30, 2025 – Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen Financial Services (VW FS) and Lease a Bike, Europe's leading provider of e-bike and bicycle leasing, have reached a significant milestone in their collaboration: this week marked the delivery of the 40,000th company bike to employees within the Volkswagen Group. This figure makes the Volkswagen Group one of the largest users of bike leasing in Germany. The milestone bike was ceremoniously presented to VW FS employee Jan-Niklas Prinke.

Cooperation progressing successfully 
The partnership began as a pilot project with Audi in spring 2023 and has been steadily expanded across Volkswagen AG and its Group companies since September 2023. Today, employees from 34 Group companies are already participating in the scheme. TRATON SE and Ducati have recently joined the others. Employees can lease up to four bikes. 

Milestone company bike: Oliver Klopp, bike leasing expert from Volkswagen Financial Services (left), hands over the 40,000th leased bike to VW FS employee Jan-Niklas Prinke. Photo: VWFS

"The strong interest in bike leasing shows that we are offering our employees an attractive additional benefit that promotes their individual mobility, strengthens their health, and at the same time sets a clear example of practiced sustainability. These kinds of initiatives not only increase employee satisfaction but also enhance the attractiveness of Volkswagen as a modern and socially responsible employer," said Gunnar Kilian, Management Board Member for Human Resources and Truck & Bus at Volkswagen AG.

E-bikes remain very popular
More than 80 percent of the bicycles leased so far are e-bikes. The option to lease several bikes is also being used intensively. Around 70 percent of employees opt for one bike, around 29 percent lease two bikes, and around two percent take advantage of the offer to obtain three or more bikes through the company.

"We are proud to have reached this important milestone together with Volkswagen AG and look forward to further intensifying our collaboration. We have much more planned and will soon be supplying more Volkswagen business units with company bikes," noted Christian Wölbern, Managing Director of Lease a Bike Germany.

Easy access and flexible use
Employees of Volkswagen AG in Germany can choose and order their bikes from specialist partner dealers, online retailers and direct suppliers. The monthly leasing installments are deducted via gross salary conversion, with a standard leasing term of 36 months. All employees in the "Tarif" and "Tarif Plus" salary groups as well as members of the management and upper management circles are eligible to lease. Trainees, apprentices and dual students can also take advantage of the offer. Partners and children can also use the leased bicycles. Each employee can lease up to four bikes, while each trainee, apprentice or dual student can lease up to two. 

More about Lease a Bike
Lease a Bike is a popular bike leasing provider and a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Pon.Bike Group. The Lease a Bike concept offers new, future-oriented mobility models and sustainable solutions. Lease a Bike has a large dealer network with more than 6,700 retailers throughout Germany, ranging from local bicycle shops to large bike centers. A bike can be selected regardless of model and brand, whether city bike, e-bike, racing bike or (e-)mountain bike. At the end of the 36-month leasing contract, customers will be offered the opportunity whenever possible to purchase their company bike at a favorable price if they so desire. Further information: www.lease-a-bike.de/en

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About the Volkswagen Group:
The Volkswagen Group is one of the world's leading automotive manufacturers, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. It operates globally, with 115 production facilities in 17 European countries and 10 countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. The Group employs around 680,000 people worldwide. Its vehicles are sold in over 150 countries.
With an extensive portfolio of strong global brands, leading technologies on an industrial scale, innovative ideas to tap into future profit pools and an entrepreneurial leadership team, the Volkswagen Group is committed to shaping the future of mobility through investments in electric and autonomous driving vehicles, digitalization and sustainability. Its goal: to become a "Global Automotive Tech Driver" and make the best automotive technologies accessible to customers throughout the world – from entry-level mobility to the luxury segment.In 2024, the total number of vehicles delivered to customers by the Group worldwide was 9.0 million (2023: 9.2 million). Group sales revenue in 2024 totaled EUR 324.7 billion (2023: EUR 322.3 billion). The operating result in 2024 amounted to EUR 19.1 billion (2023: EUR 22.5 billion). More information available at www.volkswagen-group.com

Volkswagen Financial Services AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG and, as part of Volkswagen Group Mobility, manages the European financial and mobility services business. The aim of Volkswagen Financial Services AG is to support the sales of the Volkswagen Group brands and increase customer loyalty. The company is a longstanding partner of the dealership network – as a provider of financial services and as an aide and advisor. Its core products include vehicle leasing and financing, insurance, and other vehicle-related mobility products – both for private customers and for individual commercial customers and fleet customers. Through its subsidiary, Volkswagen Bank GmbH, Volkswagen Financial Services AG is also active in the direct banking sector. Volkswagen Financial Services AG has 10,340 employees and reports total assets of around EUR 192 billion, an operating result of EUR 1.25 billion, and a portfolio of around 17.9 million current contracts (as at 31.12.2024). More information available at www.vwfs.com.

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