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Volkswagen is launching over-the-air updates for ID vehicles

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This month, Volkswagen will start rolling out software updates over-the-air to the models in its ID. family models. Subsequently, the Wolfsburg-based group aims to update the software of its ID. vehicles every twelve weeks. The first vehicle to benefit from the OTA update is the ID.3: the latest software version ‘ID.Software2.3’ will be delivered via […]
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VW to up EV output in the USA “in a massive way”

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In response to President Joe Biden’s transport decarbonisation course, Volkswagen wants to realign its electric car plans for the United States “in a massive way”. Thomas Ulbrich, chief development officer at VW, has just made the announcement in Munich. Although more concrete details have not yet been revealed, this is likely to mean that VW […]
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Volkswagen to apply agency sales model to Group brands

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The Volkswagen Group wants to extend the agency model known from the ID.3 and ID.4 in sales to other Group brands. Skoda, Audi, Cupra and VW Commercial Vehicles are also to distribute their e-models in this way. In addition, the model is to be used in other countries. The agency model, in which customers order […]

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VW brand sets higher climate targets than the Group

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The VW brand has concretised its plans to decarbonise the company and its products. The company wants to be carbon neutral by 2050 at the latest. As a new interim target, CO2 emissions per vehicle in Europe are to be reduced by 40 per cent by 2030 – significantly exceeding the group-wide target of 30 […]

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VW presents the ID.4 GTX with all-wheel-drive

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Volkswagen has just presented the first all-wheel-drive model in the ID. family. Although the information on the technical data of the ID.4 GTX had already been released, this is the first time the German carmaker has revealed the price of 50,415 euros before subsidies. The sporty GTX model is to be launched on the market […]

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Volkswagen presents the ID.6 for China

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At the Auto Shanghai, VW has presented the ID.6, the third model in the ID. family for the Chinese market. Like the ID.4, the all-electric MEB-based family SUV with room for up to seven passengers is available in two versions. The ID.6 Crozz from the FAW Volkswagen joint venture will roll off the production line […]

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VW to launch ID.4 deliveries in March

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VW is starting customer deliveries of the ID.4 this month. The first ID.4s will be handed over to customers in many European markets before the end of March. Deliveries in the USA began a few days ago, while Europe will follow with Germany starting on 26 March. A total of 23,500 orders for the vehicle […]

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Power Day: Volkswagen plans standard battery cell

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Volkswagen has just presented its technology roadmap for the battery and charging sectors up to 2030 at its Power Day presentation. The aim of the roadmap is to significantly reduce the complexity and costs of batteries. At the core of the plan are six “Gigafactories” throughout Europe. With Volkswagen’s battery plans, complexity and costs are […]

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VW aims for 70% EV sales in Europe by 2030

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The Volkswagen brand has presented its new “ACCELERATE” strategy and wants to accelerate its electric plans. VW also mentions concrete model plans, however, in the case of the electric compact car, the Wolfsburger-based company has been sparing with detail. Volkswagen’s target is to increase the share of fully electric cars in sales in Europe is […]

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UBS disassembles & analyzes ID.3

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UBS analysts have disassembled a VW ID.3 and analysed that the MEB platform is “fully competitive” with Tesla in terms of cost. VW achieves “first-class energy density, efficiency and scalability”. But when it comes to the battery and its costs, Tesla remains ahead. According to the UBS experts, VW has a cost disadvantage of 1,300 […]

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