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It’s not every day we get to see an established carmaker build a platform specifically for electric vehicles. Most of them try to convert existing ones, on account of cost, some with more success than others.
On its part, Volkswagen is among the few to create a purpose-built platform for this task. It is called a modular electric drive matrix (MEB), and will enter the market at the end of next year as part of the first electric vehicle from the ID family.
Volkswagen knows its MEB platform is a rara avis in the industry these days, so it decided to promote it the best it can through an awareness campaign called Electric for All, which will be detailed later this week.
Along with this announcement, came news of Volkswagen’s target for the new platform: to manufacture ten million vehicles (roughly one year’s worth of sales for the group) across the Volkswagen-owned brands. And that’s only the beginning.
“We are making optimal use of the possibilities the electric car has to offer and creating massive economies of scale at the same time,” said in a statement the man in charge with e-mobility at Volkswagen, Thomas Ulbrich.
MEB is described by the Germans as the Holy Graal of electric car platforms. It is said to be suitable for installing larger batteries, which in turn will lead to greater range for the EVs.
Also, the batteries fitted on all-electric models, currently under development, will be capable of fast charging, meaning 30 minutes spent plugged in for 80 percent of the maximum range.
The offensive of MEB-based Volkswagens will begin next year, and it will accelerate to such a degree that by 2022 a total of 27 models based on it will hit the world’s roads.
Together with details about MEB, Volkswagen also updated the info on what facility will produce what for the group’s electric aspirations.
The ID will be produced in Zwickau, the Braunschweig plant will manufacture the battery system, the facility in Salzgitter will be in charge with producing rotors and stators, while the MEB itself will be put together at Kassel.
Volkswagen knows its MEB platform is a rara avis in the industry these days, so it decided to promote it the best it can through an awareness campaign called Electric for All, which will be detailed later this week.
Along with this announcement, came news of Volkswagen’s target for the new platform: to manufacture ten million vehicles (roughly one year’s worth of sales for the group) across the Volkswagen-owned brands. And that’s only the beginning.
“We are making optimal use of the possibilities the electric car has to offer and creating massive economies of scale at the same time,” said in a statement the man in charge with e-mobility at Volkswagen, Thomas Ulbrich.
MEB is described by the Germans as the Holy Graal of electric car platforms. It is said to be suitable for installing larger batteries, which in turn will lead to greater range for the EVs.
Also, the batteries fitted on all-electric models, currently under development, will be capable of fast charging, meaning 30 minutes spent plugged in for 80 percent of the maximum range.
The offensive of MEB-based Volkswagens will begin next year, and it will accelerate to such a degree that by 2022 a total of 27 models based on it will hit the world’s roads.
Together with details about MEB, Volkswagen also updated the info on what facility will produce what for the group’s electric aspirations.
The ID will be produced in Zwickau, the Braunschweig plant will manufacture the battery system, the facility in Salzgitter will be in charge with producing rotors and stators, while the MEB itself will be put together at Kassel.
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