Despite smaller growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. More than 221,000 plugin vehicles were registered in November — which is +33% year over year (YoY). This performance is even more impressive when we consider that the overall auto market continued to fall … [continued]
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Volkswagen will introduce plug & charge and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability for ID. branded cars this year.
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese Auto Market these days, having scored a record 413,000 registrations in November, up 106% year over year (YoY). This pulls the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over to 2.7 million units, and with December set to be another record month (half a … [continued]
Gotion High-Tech, based in Shenzhen, China, announced this week it has signed a supply and localization agreement with a major publicly traded US auto company to supply the latter with 200 GWh of lithium-iron-phosphate batteries between 2023 and 2028. Gotion is currently the fourth largest battery manufacturer in China, according … [continued]
In addition to electric vehicle battery plants that are already in operation in the United States, 13 additional plants have been announced and are expected to be operational within the next 5 years. Of the 13 plants that are planned, 8 are joint ventures between automakers and battery manufacturers. Many … [continued]
Will spending millions on dealer training help VW push the e-mobility revolution along?
A software update this spring will increase the charging speed of ID. branded cars with Volkswagen’s 77 kWh battery.
These are truly historic times in the German automotive market, with the plugin vehicle market now owning one third of the total market in terms of new sales. With the chip crisis still raging, disruption is the order of the day, and one can say that anything goes right now … [continued]
At the end of October, Volkswagen held its quarterly conference calls for investors and for journalists. We combined them into one video that resulted in two hours of insights into Volkswagen Group, mostly via Q&A. I was just listening to the call again and a few lines jumped out at … [continued]
