Volkswagen begins production of its answer to the Tesla Model Y

Volkswagen has announced that it has started series production of the ID.4, its first all-electric SUV that will compete with the Tesla Model Y. The vehicle, which is being built at the company’s Zwickau plant in Germany, is the second model based on Volkswagen’s modular electric drive matrix, or MEB, platform. “With the ID.4, Volkswagen […]

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VW ID.4 production kicks-off in Zwickau

Production of the VW ID.4 has kicked-off at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Saxony today. VW thus starts serially making the e-SUV before officially launching it at the end of September. Germany is just the start of the production cycle with plants in China and the US to follow closely. The VW ID.4 as such […]

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Volkswagen to build in-house battery cells in new U.S. EV facility

German automaker Volkswagen has announced that its first EV production facility in the United States will be located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The facility will be an expansion of the company’s current vehicle production plant located in the landlocked U.S. state. In a press release on August 12, Volkswagen revealed that an Engineering and Planning Center […]

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MEB drive unit to come from Vitesco

Continental’s drive unit Vitesco Technologies has developed the drive control unit for Volkswagen’s MEB electrical construction kit. The Regensburg-based company is the sole supplier of the component for the MEB platform. The drive control unit is integrated into the new, server-based electronic architecture of the MEB and takes over some of the key functions of […]

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Bentley to develop integrated e-axel

VW’s luxury subsidiary Bentley has announced a three-year research project to improve the drive train of electric cars by means of a fully integrated e-axle without rare earth magnets. The e-drive system that should also be recyclable will be the focus of the Octopus project (Optimised Components, Test and simulatiOn, toolkits for Powertrains which integrate […]

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