VW, Ford Both Credit Tesla For EV Success | 03 Nov 2021

Episode 1266,   Nov 03, 2021, 01:00 AM

Today’s big EV stories:
• Volkswagen ID.5 electric car will rival Tesla Model Y in 2022
• Tesla plant could threaten your future, VW CEO tells German workers
• Volkswagen committee to discuss future of CEO Diess
• Works council conflict at VW continues to escalate
• Ford CEO Jim Farley Says Tesla, Rivian, And VW Are Major Threats
• Ford CEO warns employees to take Tesla, Rivian, VW seriously
• Ford’s 281-HP Electric Crate Motor Costs $3,900 and You Can Buy One Now
• Chinese Consumers' Favorite EV Brand Is Not Tesla
• More plug-in vehicles to be registered in 2021 than the whole of the last decade
• Tesla Hikes Prices on Model 3 / Model Y Again
• Tesla owner manages to install regular steering wheel on Model S Plaid
• Tesla’s latest patch hints at cloud-synced driver profiles
• Panasonic moves toward mass production of Tesla's next-gen batteries
• Fisker Ocean will use CATL cells, charge at more than 250 kw

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VOLKSWAGEN ID.5 ELECTRIC CAR WILL RIVAL TESLA MODEL Y IN 2022

- VOLKSWAGEN has taken the covers off its new ID.5 electric SUV-coupé, which features sleeker styling, a 323-mile range and slightly upgraded tech compared to its ID.4 sibling. Both models could be considered rivals to the Tesla Model Y, which arrives in the UK from early 2022, as well as the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6

- As the ID.5 is based on the same underpinnings as the recently-launched VW ID.4, the engineering and overall footprint is the same. It’s only in profile and from the rear that the ID.5’s visual differences become apparent; rather than a truncated hatchback rear end, the ID.5’s roofline slopes down towards a rear spoiler atop the boot-lid.

- One key difference between the ID.5 and ID.4 is that the former gets just a single (77kWh) battery option. The range is divided into three basic levels when it comes to powertrains — Pro, Pro Performance and GTX.

- In Pro and Pro Performance models, a single electric motor drives the rear wheels delivering 172bhp and 201bhp, respectively. At the top of the tree, the GTX gets dual motors, one acting on the front axle and the second on the rear, making it all-wheel drive. Total power output of the GTX is 295bhp, which is enough to propel it from 0-62mph in 6.3 seconds — over a second slower than the Tesla Model Y Long Range and 2.6 seconds slower than the Model Y Performance.


Volkswagen ID.5 and ID.5 GTX: price, specs and release data

- While the ID.4 can charge at a maximum of 120kW, the ID.5 accepts up to 135kW of power. That means an 80% top-up at a fast-charger takes just 26 minutes, compared to 35 minutes for the ID.4. VW’s other ID. models will soon be able to charge at the higher rate, as the brand is rolling out an update.

- Coupe-SUVs command a premium over the boxier models on which they’re based, so you can expect the ID.5 to start from around £47,000. You’ll be able to order the Volkswagen ID.5 in early 2022 and at that point we should have full prices and specifications.


VW ID.5 RWD And ID.5 GTX AWD Electric Crossover Coupes Are Here

- Customers who will opt for the ID.5 GTX will need to settle for a lower estimated range of 480 km (298 miles) compared to the RWD models, but the performance gains and all-weather capability appear worth the upgrade.  The ID.5 GTX also features some subtle design upgrades over the regular ID.5, including sportier bumpers (with integrated DRLs at the front), IQ.Light LED matrix headlights, LED taillight clusters with a 3D design, dual-tone paints, and  a performance-themed cockpit.

- The VW ID.5 and ID.5 GTX will launch in Europe in early 2022, but the automaker said nothing of a US debut. However, the dual-motor AWD powertrain of the ID.5 GTX is already available stateside in the ID.4 AWD Pro and Pro S.


TESLA PLANT COULD THREATEN YOUR FUTURE, VW CEO TELLS GERMAN WORKERS

- Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess urged German workers to prepare for a deeper overhaul to remain competitive when Tesla Inc. ramps up vehicle production at its first European factory outside Berlin next year.

- Tesla is swiftly improving quality and looks set to achieve a production time of just 10 hours per car at its Gruenheide plant, Diess said Thursday in a prepared speech at a staff meeting in Wolfsburg.

- VW’s new works council chief Daniela Cavallo called on Diess to focus his attention on resolving the persistent chip shortage that hit VW harder than Tesla or BMW AG instead of engaging in social media activities.

- “I’m often being asked why I keep comparing us with Tesla; I know that it’s annoying some people,” Diess told workers. “But it’s my task and that of the entire management to assess the competition correctly, to prepare the group for it and make it future-proof.”


VOLKSWAGEN COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF CEO DIESS

- A specially convened Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) committee will discuss the future of CEO Herbert Diess, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a week after a longstanding conflict with labour representatives flared up again.

- The planned meeting of the rarely-summoned mediation committee of VW's supervisory board comes in response to tensions between management and its works council, after sources said Diess told a recent meeting of the board that 30,000 jobs were at risk as part of the group's electric vehicles push

- The escalation of the tussle over Diess's future underscores the fragile balance of power at the world's second-largest carmaker, pitting Diess' ambition to make Volkswagen more competitive with Tesla (TSLA.O) against Germany's influential trade unions.

- Diess, 63, has been singling out Tesla's success as a benchmark for Volkswagen, hailing the efficiency and lean management of entrepreneur Elon Musk's company, which has drawn the ire of labour representatives who fear this will lead to major job cuts.


WORKS COUNCIL CONFLICT AT VW CONTINUES TO ESCALATE

- Until the mediation committee reaches a result – possibly by the beginning of December – important decisions in the operative business will be suspended. These include investments that have not yet been approved. For this reason, some insiders say that the company is currently “blocked”.

- Herbert Diess wants to continue to focus the company on electromobility and, for example, strengthen in-house software development. In addition, the plants are to become more efficient – the conflict with the works council recently escalated at the main plant in Wolfsburg. The works council did not oppose the change to electromobility, but rather the way Diess is pushing his course.

- As reported, a compromise had emerged that Wolfsburg could receive the overflow production of the ID.3 and ID.4 from Zwickau – and would thus enter electric car production before the electric vehicle flagship announced for 2026. The so-called planning round, in which Volkswagen distributes models among the worldwide plants (and thus influences their capacity utilisation) had to be postponed most recently from mid-November to December.


FORD CEO JIM FARLEY SAYS TESLA, RIVIAN, AND VW ARE MAJOR THREATS


FORD CEO WARNS EMPLOYEES TO TAKE TESLA, RIVIAN, VW SERIOUSLY


FORD’S 281-HP ELECTRIC CRATE MOTOR COSTS $3,900 AND YOU CAN BUY ONE NOW


CHINESE CONSUMERS' FAVORITE EV BRAND IS NOT TESLA


MORE PLUG-IN VEHICLES TO BE REGISTERED IN 2021 THAN THE WHOLE OF THE LAST DECADE


TESLA HIKES PRICES ON MODEL 3 / MODEL Y AGAIN


TESLA OWNER MANAGES TO INSTALL REGULAR STEERING WHEEL ON MODEL S PLAID


TESLA’S LATEST PATCH HINTS AT CLOUD-SYNCED DRIVER PROFILES


PANASONIC MOVES TOWARD MASS PRODUCTION OF TESLA'S NEXT-GEN BATTERIES


FISKER OCEAN WILL USE CATL CELLS, CHARGE AT MORE THAN 250 KW


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