Volkswagen Discloses Its Plan to Keep Old Batteries: Leasing Used EVs
7 Sep 2021, 14:38 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Herbert Diess told journalists at the IAA 2021 that the company wants to offer second or even third leases to keep their EVs battery packs.
Volkswagen Has a Plan to Get Back Most Battery Packs for Recycling
23 Jul 2021, 17:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company is aware that they can be used for other tasks and that they are valuable enough for it to offer “attractive incentives” to recover them.
Here's Why Volkswagen Included Mexico and Central America in Its U.S. Map
23 Jul 2021, 07:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company got back in touch with us to explain what happened with Herbert Diess’ New Auto Strategy presentation and it was pretty candid about it.
Volkswagen Reinforces How Crucial Its Unified Cell Will Be
14 Jul 2021, 14:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / More than technology or chemistry, Volkswagen aims for scale with its prismatic cells: 80% of its EV will have it starting in 2023.
Volkswagen Teases Tesla by Mentioning It Will Have Futureproof Hardware
14 Jul 2021, 09:12 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / After a former Tesla vice president of legal said its computers were wear parts to try to avoid a recall, Volkswagen said its hardware would last indefinitely.
Volkswagen Bets on EVs, But Counts on ICE Cars to Keep Money Flowing
14 Jul 2021, 07:29 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Arno Antlitz, the Volkswagen Group CFO, the company relies on MQB vehicles to help keep factories busy to a competitive level.
After the Artemis, Audi CEO Shows the Company Will Introduce the Apollon
14 Jul 2021, 06:16 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Markus Duesmann presented a chart that reveals the Apollon and Artemis are closely related to the Sphere concepts based on SSP.
To VW’s CEO, High-Profit Perspective Is Driving Tech Companies Into EVs
13 Jul 2021, 19:58 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Herbert Diess said the automotive industry should make about $5 trillion by 2030, ten times more than the smartphone market.
Why Did Volkswagen Present a U.S. Map Including Mexico and Central America?
13 Jul 2021, 16:30 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We can think of some reasons for that, but none seems to explain why the U.S., Mexico, and Central America were presented as a single country
Volkswagen New Auto Event Gives More Information on the SSP Architecture
13 Jul 2021, 14:52 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Herbert Diess finally confirmed that the Trinity Project and the Audi Artemis are two faces of the same mechatronic platform, the SSP.
Herbert Diess Announces New Volkswagen Strategy on Twitter: New Auto
7 Jul 2021, 10:14 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We’ll only discover about Volkswagen's new strategy on July 13, but it is based on “we design, we engineer, we code, we produce.”