Why Is VW’s MEB Platform Being Used In Boats?
I don’t know a lot about running a startup, but if you’ve got a crazy idea that needs power, Volkswagen might be the people to talk to.
I don’t know a lot about running a startup, but if you’ve got a crazy idea that needs power, Volkswagen might be the people to talk to.
Volkswagen has announced that it has started pre-production of the Volkswagen ID at its first purely EV-focused factory in China.
In a move that it believes is the first of its kind in the world for a major car factory, Volkswagen is converting its automotive factory in Zwickau, Germany from the production of internal combustion vehicles to produce electric vehicles. The news this week builds on a higher level announcement that VW issued about the conversion of the Zwickau plant to support electric vehicles late last year.
In an interesting bit of PR warfare, Volkswagen of Americans announced that it has hired a former program manager at Tesla as the Vice President of Volkswagen North American Region (NAR)-G4.
Editor’s update: The I.D. reportedly won’t be available until 2020. Er, okay. Good luck, Volkswagen. Images of the Volkswagen I.D. all-electric concept vehicle recently surfaced, giving us our first look at the company’s new modular electric drive kit (MEB) concept. The 373-miles-per-charge I.D. concept vehicle is slated to be revealed … [continued]