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Volkswagen’s Tesla-inspired gameplan shoots stock upward for third straight day

March 17, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen stock (OTCMKTS: VWAGY) was sent soaring into growth territory once again on Wednesday morning during early trading hours. Its Tesla-inspired gameplan for cutting electric vehicle battery costs is contributing to more appeal from investors. On Monday, Volkswagen held its first-ever “Power Day” event, revealing its outline to cut battery costs, increase cell production across Europe, […]

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Tesla Battery Day vs. Volkswagen Power Day: How Wall Street reacted

March 16, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla’s Battery Day and Volkswagen’s Power Day were two similar events that showed how the two automakers plan to combat electric vehicle prices within the next few years. Despite the similarities in the events, Wall Street reacted quite differently to both, with Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) seeing a minimal effect on its stock in the days […]

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Ford plans electric Transit Custom for 2023

March 16, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Ford has announced that the next generation of the Transit Custom series will include an all-electric model. The same applies to the Tourneo Custom passenger car counterpart. The vehicles will be manufactured at the Kocaeli site in Turkey from the first half of 2023. Ford is also building an offshoot for partner VW there. The […]

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First Volkswagen ID.4 SUVs arrive in the U.S. dealerships

March 16, 2021 Blagojce Krivevski Syndicated, Uncategorized Comments Off

This month marks a major milestone in Volkswagen’s story: the arrival of the ID.4, the company’s first long-range electric SUV in dealers across America. Just as electric vehicles will transform the way we drive, Volkswagen has refreshed the way it sel…

VW’s electric vehicle power play: Build six battery factories and slash cell costs by half

March 16, 2021 Bridie Schmidt Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen will build six battery factories and increase charging network five-fold, group CEO Herbert Diess said at the company’s Power Day on Monday.
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Volkswagen’s Power Day: Six new cell plants, new unified battery cell, charging network partnerships

March 15, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Earlier today, German automaker Volkswagen held its first-ever “Power Day” event. Similar to Tesla’s Battery Day, Volkswagen outlined its plans for reducing the cost of electric vehicles, how it will supply battery cells for its massive EV push, a new “unified” battery cell, and the how company’s charging network is being funded by BP and […]

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Power Day: Volkswagen plans standard battery cell

March 15, 2021 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

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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Volkswagen presents technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030

March 15, 2021 Blagojce Krivevski Syndicated Comments Off

The Volkswagen Group presented its technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030 today on its first Power Day. The goal of the roadmap is to significantly reduce the complexity and cost of the battery in order to make the electric car attrac…

Let’s talk about Volkswagen and Software

March 13, 2021 Joey Klender Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen has a long and storied tradition of building world-class vehicles. While they have managed to make a legacy off of offering affordable, stylish, and effectively-performing models for 84 years, their next big challenge comes in the tall task of creating and engineering electric vehicles that are functional. While this sounds like an easy task […]

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Artemis rumoured to be six months behind schedule

March 12, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Audis’ trailblazer project Artemis, announced last year, is already significantly behind schedule according to a media report. This is also said to have an impact on the planned, highly automated electric sedan, which is now reportedly not to be launched until 2025 instead of 2024. This is reported by Business Insider with reference to insiders. […]

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