Two weeks of training and you become a High Voltage Expert Electrification brings huge changes to dealerships as electric car service differs from combustion engine cars. One of the main new topics that needs to be addressed is the high voltage system. In the UK, Volkswagen recently trained 30 new High Voltage Experts (HVE) that will […]
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Big Auto Continues To Discount Tesla And Claim They’ll Take The Lead
BIG AUTO BEHEMOTHS, VW AND GM, TALK TRASH ABOUT TESLA Big Auto’s executives have a long history of taking shots at Tesla. Now, two industry giants, VW and GM, have decided to dismiss the Silicon Valley automaker altogether and claim they’ll (instead) lead the EV revolution. Yet, their braggadocio, somehow, doesn’t seem to add up. *This article […]
Volkswagen upgrading Zwickau for 330,000 EV capacity
The German automobile manufacturer has announced the plan to upgrade the Zwickau facility to the most effective electric vehicle production facility in Europe. A capacity of 330,000 vehicles per year is the eventual target for the CO² neutral I.D. vehicle production beginning in late 2019. The upgrade plans for the facility are not new, but […]
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Volkswagen Announces More New Factories For Electric Car Production
Volkswagen EVs to be produced in Zwickau, Emden and Hanover Volkswagen announced that two more plants in Germany will be designated to produce electric cars, based on the new MEB platform. Besides the Zwickau factory, which in about a year should start production of the I.D., followed by the I.D. CROZZ, Volkswagen intends to produce […]
Volkswagen Implements Electric Strategy Consistently
Following Zwickau, Volkswagen intends to change its plants at Emden and Hanover in Germany over to the production of electric vehicles. After Zwickau, Volkswagen is therefore establishing its second e-mobility center in Germany in Lower Saxony. At a wo…
VW to make EVs in Hannover and Emden from 2022
Volkswagen has now confirmed the rumours that have been circulating for days: They will indeed be converting the German plants in Emden and Hanover to the production of electric vehicles in the future, in addition to their plant in Zwickau. Electric vehicles are to be produced in Emden and Hanover from 2022 onwards. At the […]
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NCM 811: The Future Of Electric Car Batteries?
LG Chem readies for NCM 811 pouch battery cell production with CATL and Samsung SDI in the race too. The South Korean LG Chem battery company – part of the larger LG conglomerate, one of the most important tech companies in the world – is getting ready for the upcoming new high energy density NCM 811 […]
VW Turns To SK Innovation As Cell Supplier For U.S. Electric Cars
VW Group has officially announced it will rely on SK Innovation as its primary battery cell supplier for North American EVs. In the EV space, it seems everyone wants to know where the heck these batteries are coming from. Panasonic, LG Chem, Samsung, CATL, and SK Innovation are some of the top dogs in the […]
VW selects SK Innovation as fourth major EV battery cells supplier
The Volkswagen Group has selected South Korean battery cell manufacturer SK Innovation (SKI) as the fourth strategic supplier of EV battery cells for electric vehicles based on the Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB). SKI will supply the batteries for North…
UPDATE: VW CEO Says Automaker Will Make Electric Cars Mainstream
Production secured for 50 15 million BEVs. Volkswagen‘s CEO Herbert Diess said that the company will help electric cars go mainstream using its new MEB platform, which is developed for the mass market. ***UPDATE: VW has confirmed that Diess overstated the goal: “Diess meant to say 15 million, not 50 million cars.” Currently, Volkswagen is at […]
