It’s one of the hottest debates in the EV enthusiast community these days: what’s the best battery approach for automakers — vertical integration or simply buying batteries from top battery producers? Either approach could end up with lower costs and more advanced battery tech, depending on how the future rolls out*.
Volkswagen has an updated version of its I.D. Crozz electric crossover concept on display at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show. It appears more production ready than the version introduced in Shanghai in the spring.
The VW Minibus is an iconic vehicle that just oozes beach vibes. Here in California, it is synonymous with surfing and the ’60s and has a cult following even to this day. For that reason, it was impactful that VW CEO Dr. Herbert Diess chose California as the place to announce the return of the VW Minibus. He related as much to the crowd in Pebble Beach, California: “The Microbus has long been part of the California lifestyle. Now we’re bringing it back by reinventing it as an electric vehicle.”
Volkswagen says it I.D. electric car will cost up to $7,000 less than a Tesla Model 3. It is working with BMW, Mercedes, and Ford on a high-power charging network in Europe.
Editor’s Note: Below is a repost from TeslaMondo that is followed by excerpts from an EV Annex post that further builds on the topic, with the topic being crazy anti-Tesla quotes from non-Tesla auto company execs.
The CEO of the Volkswagen brand, Herbert Diess, recently added to the company’s growing anti-Tesla tradition with some interesting comments made at a press conference at the company’s global headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
At least 30,000 jobs will be cut at the core Volkswagen-brand business as part of a new deal between Volkswagen and the relevant labor unions, according to reports. The deal is apparently based around a commitment to “avoid forced redundancies in Germany until 2025” — a commitment that may limit Volkswagen’s ability to be competitive with its global rivals, some analysts have commented.
Volkswagen’s supervisory board chairman and former chief of finance, Hans Dieter Poetsch, is now under investigation by authorities in Germany, in addition to Volkswagen-brand Chief Executive Herbert Diess and former Volkswagen-group CEO Martin Winterkorn, according to recent reports.
2015 was a challenging year for Volkswagen, to put it mildly. The company was found to have been intentionally bypassing emissions controls on most of its diesel vehicles, violating the trust of customers, shareholders, and employees around the world. Given this challenge, all Volkswagen press conferences now seem to start with several … [continued]
Well, this was inevitable… If you’re new to the internet, that scene has been given completely incorrect subtitles numerous times for entertainment/amusement purposes. In fact, one has previously been made for “Hitler’s response to Tesla’s free Superchargers,” which I shared before but will pop here again: As I shared the other … [continued]
