Even before the end of the year 2021 we showed that until the end of 2021 every fortieth vehicle is electrified on Germany’s street electrified. This means that plug-in hybrids and e-cars are the winners of the semiconductor crisis. Because while the entire car market in Europe did not get out of “first gear”, sales of PHEV and Stromer increased relatively. But now e-cars are also suffering. Among other things at VW.
Volkswagen announced earlier this week that “due to current supply bottlenecks for semiconductors, which are part of numerous components in our vehicles, there may be significantly longer production times for some of our model variants”. With this statement, which is in the configurator of the VW ID.4 can be found, VW indicates that only certain versions of the Stromer can still be ordered. In detail, this means that the ID.4 from Volkswagen can currently only be ordered with the more powerful 125 kW engine; the 109 kW basic engine cannot be configured.
Like other car manufacturers, the Wolfsburgs have prioritized the construction of electric cars in the allotment of scarce semiconductors, but completely spared e-cars. Sometimes it was so that, especially in the burner, strong Wolfsburg plant layers have failed, but there are also layers in the MEB plant Zwickau way. The concentration on pure E cars and PHEV in production is easy to comprehensible. High purchasing and control incentives for electrified vehicles and paradoxically the concentration of OEMs on profitable models with higher emissions, which must be compensated by these models, let their paragraphs grow. But even here, the end seems to be achieved, or further prioritization necessary.
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Of course, the existing parts are built into the cars that bring the highest margin.
The CO2 quota was fulfilled for 2021, so lucrative it went.
The Group is dismissed – no further questions!
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To blame if you buy everything and only assemble more. That just can not go well .
In the batteries, some corporations have heard the shot and take care of their own (or or. European. partnership) production, not to be unilaterally dependent on East Asia. Did you still have not heard the shot in terms of semiconductors? Was the shot too quiet? Semiconductor and chipp production is now largely automated, while labor costs are likely to play the second violin, on the contrary, the transport by half the globe soon eats the cost advantage again. So the semiconductors here produces where they need them, rather than on the outstretched arm of suppliers to fidget who are not willing or able to deliver on preliminary pandemic levels. Or were capacities short-sightedly scrapped during the pandemic??
The “strong” ID.4 has 150kw power, not 125kw. Since the limitation is only software-based, the lack of a chip isn’t actually a credible excuse.
Well VW, what is it now? Badly planned, badly managed, badly bought, bad strategy or bad partners? Just bad luck or is everyone else to blame?
The PR department will no doubt soon announce the heroic rise of VW with big words.
Luckily I’m spared. Don’t even remotely think of getting a VW car. And I mean the group, not the brand.