08 May 2022 | VW ID. Buzz starts at 65,000 euros

May 08, 2022, 11:05 AM

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On the podcast today:
• Electric VW ID Buzz starts at 65,000 euros
• Ford throws shade at Tesla with a new ad celebrating workers
• Hot Volkswagen ID.3 GTX to join range in 2023
• Tesla opens more Superchargers to others
• CATL planning EV battery production in United States, vetting sites
• Nissan is planning Nismo-badged performance EVs
• Proterra selects Eaton’s 4-speed EV transmission for its ZX5 electric transit buses
• New Mexico’s Clean Car Rule will go into effect July 1
• Mercedes Drive Pilot Level 3 Autonomous Tech Officially On Sale In Germany
• EV chargers emerge as targets for hackers
• BMW i Interior Designer Says Big Screens Aren't Long for This World
• PG&E to Launch New Pilots Studying Electric Vehicle Bidirectional Charging
• DPD UK orders 1000 Ford E-transit vans

Show #1459

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ELECTRIC VW ID BUZZ STARTS AT 65,000 EUROS

"The updated list of eligible electric vehicles published by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (Bafa) reveals something that VW only wanted to tell us at the start of sales: the price of the ID Buzz."

"Bafa, which is responsible for promoting e-cars, gives the first ID Buzz Pro model available for sale with a net price of 54,270 euros. Plus the statutory sales tax, the Bully successor is around 64,580 euros and thus well above the 40,000 euro limit for the higher subsidy. The purchase bonus for the ID Buzz this year is still 7,500 euros, of which 2,500 euros from the manufacturer, so that customers have to spend around 57,080 euros on balance."

"For the commercial offshoot, the ID Buzz Cargo, interested parties have to budget 45,740 euros net. With a premium, they come to a net purchase price of 38,240 euros. They get the sales tax back from the tax office anyway."


FORD THROWS SHADE AT TESLA WITH A NEW AD CELEBRATING WORKERS

- It starts with a nice touch of snark. Footage is shown of a hand scrolling on a smartphone with the commentary, “Right now it could seem like the only people who matter are the loudest….” Who could they be thinking of?

- Then, it continues— “Those who want to tear things down and then fly away on their personal spaceships when things get hard,” A video of a rocket taking lift off fills the screen.

- The rest of the ad is dedicated to profiling the workers of Ford, profiling a culturally and gender diverse cohort of people working by their first name. The narrator says that Ford assembles more vehicles in the US than other car manufacturers, which means local jobs.

- The narrator continues: “… we’ve got 182,000 people, and they’re building.” and goes on further to conclude, “you might not know their names, but these people get up every day to move us all forward.”


HOT VOLKSWAGEN ID.3 GTX TO JOIN RANGE IN 2023

- Volkswagen has been tipped to spice up its ID.3 EV with a performance version that will become the brand’s first all-electric hot hatchback. And now, we know when it’ll arrive.

- Speaking at the launch of the new ID.5 SUV in Austria, Volkswagen product line spokesperson Martin Hube noted that the ID.3 GTX’s entry to the range will coincide with the ID.3’s mid-life facelift. “Of course the project is progressing,” he said, adding, “[For the] ID.3 facelift…we will get some very interesting details and of course, we are convinced that customer’s expectations for a bit more power, for all-wheel drive is there, and [the] customer’s wish is what we have to fulfil.”

- This means the ID.3 GTX won’t be launched this year - we’re not expecting a facelifted ID.3 until 2023 at the earliest.

- likely that the ID.3 GTX will use the same twin-motor powertrain as the ID.4 GTX, producing 295bhp. In the smaller, lighter ID.3, the GTX will likely undercut the ID.4 GTX’s 6.2-second 0-62mph time.


TESLA OPENS MORE SUPERCHARGERS TO OTHERS

- In Norway, Tesla has opened more Superchargers for other brands. According to one observer, almost the entire route to the North Cape is now open to electric cars from other manufacturers.

- Multiple articles report that this involves 42 additional Supercharger locations where non-Teslas can now also charge. After an initial test with ten sites in the Netherlands in November 2021, Tesla opened its first charging parks in Norway and France to non-Tesla brands this January with initially 15 in Norway and 16 in France.

- In the north of the country, the entire route to the North Cape is not completely covered by Superchargers and in some places the distance between chargers is around 400 kilometres.


EXCLUSIVE CATL PLANNING EV BATTERY PRODUCTION IN UNITED STATES, VETTING SITES

- CATL (300750.SZ), the world's largest battery maker, is in the final stages of vetting sites in the United States to build electric vehicle batteries, an investment that would mark the Chinese company's first production in the world's second-largest car market, two people with knowledge of the plans told Reuters.

- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) is in talks to open plants that would serve BMW AG (BMWG.DE) and Ford Motor Co (F.N), and potential sites include South Carolina and Kentucky, where those automakers have assembly plants,

- CATL had begun mass production of batteries for overseas markets in 2021 and was looking to lock in its standing as the major battery supplier to automakers overseas "in the next round of supplier sourcing,"

- Other Asian companies that have announced plans to build U.S. battery plants include Korea's LG Energy Solution (051910.KS), SK Innovation (096770.KS) and Samsung SDI (006400.KS). Japan's Panasonic Corp(6752.T) also is reportedly looking to purchase land for a plant to serve Tesla.  read more

- CATL will open its first battery plant outside China later this year in Arnstadt, Germany, to serve BMW


NISSAN IS PLANNING NISMO-BADGED PERFORMANCE EVS

- Nissan is planning to launch 15 new electric cars by 2030, and it seems sporty versions of its future EVs will be branded as Nismo-derivative machines. Yep, Nismo’s going electric.

- Speaking exclusively to TG at last weekend’s Formula E race in Monaco, Nissan’s chairman of Europe Guillaume Cartier confirmed that the company is actively looking at which of its upcoming electric cars would be most suited to Nismo-fication.

- Most manufacturers are planning to tap into the ‘fast electric’ segment one way or another: VW has its GTX line, Seat has Cupra (yeah, yeah, ‘entirely separate companies’, we know) Ford has Mach-E… why wouldn’t Nissan use its racing arm to add a bit of pedigree?

- chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta reiterated over the weekend that Nissan has ended its investment in internal combustion engines, pinning its hopes on solid-state batteries that it reckons will vastly outperform today’s technology when they’re ready for production in 2028.


PROTERRA SELECTS EATON’S 4-SPEED EV TRANSMISSION FOR ITS ZX5 ELECTRIC TRANSIT BUSES

- Proterra has selected Eaton’s  eMobility business to supply a 4-speed medium-duty electrified vehicle (EV) transmission for the company’s ProDrive drivetrain used in Proterra ZX5 electric transit buses.

- The medium-duty 4-speed transmission, to be used in city buses in North America, addresses the primary issue related to single-speed drives that have contradictory requirements for high efficiency at top speeds and increased torque at launch and low speeds.

- Eaton’s 4-speed transmission has fine-pitch helical gears that ensure smooth, low-noise operation and a shifting strategy designed to extend range and battery life. Road tests have shown a 20% to 30% efficiency improvement in energy consumption under normal driving conditions compared with a direct-drive transmission and a 10% to 15% improvement compared with a current 2-speed solution.


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EV CHARGERS EMERGE AS TARGETS FOR HACKERS

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PG&E TO LAUNCH NEW PILOTS STUDYING ELECTRIC VEHICLE BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING

DPD UK ORDERS 1000 FORD E-TRANSIT VANS

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