Volkswagen is reorganising its production in China. While early information remains sparse, space is to be created for production of electric cars by bundling production. Among other things, the assembly of combustion models is to be relocated from the Anting plant to other sites.
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The Austrian police are testing a total of 23 electric cars in four federal provinces for their suitability in police service. The pilot project will start in the fourth quarter of 2023, but the 20 police stations in Salzburg, Lower Austria, Vienna and Tyrol have already taken delivery of the electric cars.
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Volkswagen is launching the ID. Buzz as a seven-seater version. The longer model was developed primarily for the US market and will mark the return of the VW bus to North America next year. Plus, the seven-seater also brings some technology upgrades to Europe.
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A new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses how effectively the world’s 20 largest automakers are transitioning to electric vehicles. At the top of the ranking is Tesla, followed by Chinese manufacturer BYD, which is catching up fast.
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Volkswagen employees can now, finally, order electric cars as company cars again. The company has insisted employees wait two years before they can get electric vehicles from their own company as company cars.
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BMW of North America today announced an agreement with Electrify America to provide first-time owners of the incoming BMW i5 with two years of complimentary 30-minute charging sessions. This agreement expands on the included charging offered for other electric BMW cars.
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Volkswagen’s energy subsidiary, Elli, is set to change tariffs with higher prices coming in from June. This adjustment will affect not only Elli customers but also the charging fees of VW brands. We have learned that prices across the board are rising, including the previously affordable Ionity rates.
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Electrify Commercial has announced its partnership with Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacificCorp, to deploy 20 EV charging hubs in Utah. They will install over 80 charging stations across 15 locations in the Salt Lake City area, along with five hubs in surrounding regions.
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According to a media report, Volkswagen currently sees no chance of realising a second battery cell factory in Lower Saxony, Germany. Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil spoke out in favour of a second cell factory in Emden – but was outvoted in the supervisory board because of the costs involved.
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The Volkswagen Group is planning a billion-euro savings programme for its core brand VW to bolster profitability and generate money for investments in the transformation to electric mobility. The group will present its overhaul plans to investors at a conference on 21 June.
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German carsharing provider Miles is adding another 1,000 VW ID.3s to its fleet. The new electric cars will mainly be available for rent in Hamburg. This will increase the share of electric vehicles in the Miles fleet acoss Germany to around 25 per cent.
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Logistics service provider Duvenbeck has signed a memorandum of understanding with MAN Truck & Bus for the deployment of 120 MAN eTrucks to be delivered by 2026. The fully electric 40-tonne truck will be the first to run for Volkswagen Group Logistics from 2024 onwards.
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At the leading European trade fair for rescue and mobility RETTmobil, currently taking place in Germany, there are also a number of purely electric emergency vehicles on display – from the ID. Buzz as an emergency ambulance to the Mercedes eCitan with an extension for rescue services.
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The Chinese battery cell manufacturer Gotion High-Tech will in future also supply Volkswagen with LFP cells outside China. The order, the size of which is not yet known, includes unit cells with LFP chemistry and the same specifications as in China. One possible model could be the ID.2.
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After the ID.3, the VW ID.4 will also get a facelift. This is no surprise; German media reports give a first glimpse of what the makeover could entail – and when it will take place.
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Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo is to employ almost twice as many people at the end of this year; up to 1,500 compared to the current 800. The company is also increasingly looking for suitable specialists in Asia.
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The Volkswagen Group will soon dismiss almost the entire board of its software subsidiary Cariad, which is struggling with problems. The new head of Cariad is to be Peter Bosch, currently head of production at the Group’s subsidiary Bentley.
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Volkswagen and Shell Germany have put the first battery-boosted charging station into operation at a Shell petrol station in Göttingen. If the trial deployment is successful, further examples of Elli’s pole could be created at pit stops by Shell in Europe.
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The Volkswagen Group and Bosch will not realise their planned joint venture to equip battery cell factories. Volkswagen and its battery subsidiary PowerCo are now pursuing the plan without Bosch as a partner – but Bosch will remain on board as a supplier.
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VW takes another step towards establishing a new local sub-brand for electric cars in China. German media reports the new label would incorporate the lines of the ID family, which Chinese customers have met with only moderate enthusiasm. Yet, VW already has a model in mind.
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Online food delivery company Just Eat plans to replace its entire corporate sales fleet in the UK with electric vehicles by 2025. The first twelve vehicles are already on the road, namely the Cupra Born and VW ID.3.
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Volkswagen has unveiled further details about its battery factory in St Thomas, Canada. It will be PowerCo’s largest cell factory to date, create 3,000 jobs, and produce up to 90 GWh of battery cells per year.
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The Volkswagen Group handed over 141,000 BEVs to customers worldwide in the first quarter of 2023. Compared to the same period last year, which was more affected by supply bottlenecks, the group’s BEV deliveries rose by 42 per cent.
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Volkswagen’s ID.4 is the only foreign manufacturer so far to make it onto the new list of electric models eligible for the full US$7,500 tax credit in the United States.
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Volkswagen will invest around one billion euros to establish a new R&D centre for fully connected electric cars in Hefei, China. The Group announced the project at the Shanghai Auto Show today and set ambitious targets for the ‘100%TechCo’ unit charged with accelerating innovation locally.
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Italy’s antitrust authority has opened an investigation into Enel, the country’s biggest utility, for possibly abusing its dominant position in charging stations for electric vehicles. The investigation concerns all of Enel’s EV charging business and could also have repercussions for Volkswagen.
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The US Treasury Department has updated the list of eligible electric car models. The background is the new rules published a fortnight ago that electric cars in the US have to meet in order to qualify for the tax incentives of up to 7,500 USD under the Inflation Reduction Act.
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With the almost five-metre-long ID.7 saloon, Volkswagen has unveiled its new interim electric flagship. With a new drive system and battery size, the ID.7 is trimmed for range and comfort and intended for Passat clientele in Europe – but the 700 km range should also be a convincing argument in the US and China.
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The Volkswagen subsidiary Elli now offers access to half a million charging points in Europe. Elli customers can charge their EVs at around 950 providers in 28 European countries, regardless of the car brand.
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Volkswagen wants to build an ecosystem for electric vehicle batteries in Indonesia together with partners through its subsidiary PowerCo. A partnership with several companies is apparently being sought, including Ford.
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