Who we are the market leader in electric car? Newcomer Tesla shines with battery technology, Volkswagen with huge capacities and production experience as the largest car maker in the world. The decision is in China.
It is an unequal race between a Tesla and Volkswagen for dominance in electric cars. During the pioneer from Silicon Valley struggles to be a production target of 500,000 vehicles, the Auto giant from Wolfsburg just a few muscles playing, to skip this threshold. On the on the world’s largest market for electric cars is in China, where Tesla is currently picking up its first factory outside the USA and is looking for work forces.
Volkswagen equips in contrast, just two of his numerous works for the construction of emission-free vehicles and can be based on an established workforce. 2020 to begin the production of E-cars in the two Chinese factories. According to the plans, which Reuters has seen, should be by the end of 2022 for an annual capacity of 600,000 E-cars achieved. With the ramp-up of the E-production then in the world, nearly one Million VW should be able to roll-Stromer of the tapes. Thus, Volkswagen would overtake the competitors from California significantly.
VW boss appreciates Tesla
Nevertheless, the Americans with Volkswagen chief Herbert Diess are in high demand: “I appreciate Tesla as a serious competitor,” he said last week on the sidelines of the presentation of the new Golf 8. Companies according to connoisseurs, the software admired This above all the competence of the US-rivals, the batteries depending on the model, a range of up to 600 kilometers. Tesla is not a niche player, said Diess. With the Model 3 of the U.S. electric car maker was able to take advantage of economies of scale. The question is now, whether it is the founder of the company Elon Musk is successful, the production network is fast enough to expand. “The capital intensity is increasing,” said Diess with regard to the cost of batteries.
VW-in-chief, Herbert Diess, the electric car ID3, presented at the IAA in 2019
Longer is speculated in the industry, investors might lose patience with Tesla, and the money faucet to turn, because the cost of running. Volkswagen was said to have interest in a stake in Tesla, which have denied the wolf Burger, however.
Decides size sheer?
The world’s largest car maker, thanks to the sale of almost eleven million Burners in the year about the middle to the high level of investment in the electric mobility secure. Because of its sheer size with 660,000 employees around the globe and experience in building production networks and processes, Volkswagen is expected to handle the tag.
By 2022, VW wants to convert on four continents, eight factories for the production of Streamers on the Basis of the electric kit, MEB – four in Germany (Zwickau, Emden, Hannover and Dresden), two in China (Anting, Foshan), and one each in the Czech Republic (Mlada Boleslav) and the USA (Chattanooga).
Investors doubt Tesla
Tesla, however, has problems to achieve its goals. In the summer of last year, was built in a huge tent outside of the plant in Fremont, an additional Assembly line for the Model 3, in order to increase production faster. The reason was that the tapes, not everything went around. Musk stayed temporarily in the factory, in order to get the “production hell” in the handle.
The problems of Tesla have fed investors ‘ doubts as to whether Start-ups are at all able to exist in the capital-intensive auto manufacturing. The setbacks, the electric car pioneer had to on the way out of the red plug and the revenue loss to the emerging Chinese rivals Nio made investors more cautious can be.
Tesla Boss Elon Musk at the laying of the Foundation stone of its Gigafactory in Shanghai
“High barriers to entry in the automotive industry”
“The truth is that the barriers to entry in the automotive industry are still high,” says Max Warburton, Analyst at Bernstein Research. “Building cars is difficult.” The transition to electric vehicles, although expensive, but mastered probably the most likely of the traditional manufacturers.
While Tesla has made for this year, the construction of up to 400,000 E-cars, go on the plans in Wolfsburg. VW wants to produce, by 2025, three million electric cars per year and the largest manufacturer of Streamers upgrade. In the next few years, 70 new E-models are to come on the market. By 2030, the E is to increase the proportion of the fleet to at least 40 percent. At the beginning of November in Zwickau with the ID 3, the first electric car roll off the Assembly line. In the final stage of expansion, in 2021, the Zwickau team should be able to produce up to 330,000 purely electric cars per year.
VW more aggressive than the competition
Volkswagen is the pivot more aggressive than competitors such as BMW, Renault and General Motors, have already brought earlier E-cars at the Start. Instead of the production step of the way, and several platforms to maintain, Volkswagen is counting on a unified architecture for electric vehicles: the Modular electric modular MDBs. Thus, the Wolfsburg are in a better position to take advantage of economies of scale.
This also includes the licensing of the kit by a competitor carries, such as Ford, making the costs continue to fall. The goal is to bring an electric car at a price of 20,000 euros on the market. This battery-driven vehicles affordable to the broad masses and of the E-mobility led to a breakthrough.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Daimler’s electric future is EQC
The first good piece of the future product family of pure electric cars, Daimler is now presented in Stockholm. The first serve of the Stuttgart-based car manufacturer of the EQC, an electric SUV variant. Him in the coming years, with more to follow: from compact cars to luxury car should. For this, billions have been invested.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.An E-Bus from Daimler
As the first pure electric car, the Stuttgart-based automaker brought with it the end of 2014 a B-class model on the market. It is now being produced. The first completely battery powered urban bus from Mercedes-Benz, the eCitaro (image), go to the end of the year at the factory in Mannheim in series.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Small, but electrically
Consistently, Daimler is pushing its Smart division in the direction of electro-mobility. From 2020 onwards, only E is to be sold in Germany and Western Europe cars of the brand. The other markets to quickly follow. In the United States, Canada, and Norway will be offered for 2017, only e-Smarts. Background: Because of the Smart weighs so little, burdened he as a gas the CO2 balance sheet of the group.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Daimler close on the heels of
Five days after the Daimler-presentation, introduces arch-rival BMW for its iNext. Because we are not a newspaper, we have now only this small pencil sketch. The iNext to have a range of 700 kilometers and Autonomous driving. But only starting in 2021.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.BMW started as a small
The Bavarians had at least the courage, early on, an E-car to create a model number. Since the autumn of 2013 is produced of the i3 (pictured), a year later, the i8 at the Start. But it is more than that. In 2020, a battery electric car, a SAV (Sports Activity Vehicle) should come to you on the market. Also versions of the i8 coupe and Roadster are planned.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Volkswagen is already electrically
The major competitor Volkswagen has the E-Golf and E-Up pure electric vehicles in the tender – the small E-Up car since the end of 2013, the E-Golf since the beginning of 2014. Under the pure electric Car the E-Golf is the best-selling electric car in Germany. And the future?
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.The electric VW family
Volkswagen is currently expanding its plant in Zwickau (Saxony) completely, there is a stand-alone electric platform is to be produced starting next year, the so-called I. D. family. In addition to a Golf-like vehicle with the Bully is to be resurrected, to then hot but I. D. Buzz.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Also Audi, Daimler and BMW’s electric-competition
Just days after Daimler and BMW, Audi shows at the 17. September its electrical premium cars: an SUV. The e-tron (in the picture the concept study) is Audi’s first all-electric vehicle. By 2020, an electric SUV, Coupé, a sports car and a compact car to follow. From 2025, Audi plans to sell annually at least 800,000 electric cars and Plug-in Hybrids.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.The epitome of the German sports car – soon electrically
Also, Porsche is currently billions in electric mobility. The first pure electric Porsche is expected to 2020. Name: Taycan. The name comes from the Turkish. Tay is called a foal, Can stand for life or soul. Porsche translated in the “vibrant, young horse” – to match the Logo of the car manufacturer.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Opel wants to end between solution soon
Opel Fans will be able to drive since 2012, electric: with the Ampera. But he is only an interim solution, because it is based on a General Motors model. Opel will have to import the car, for the EU conversion and high license fees to GM. Therefore, the new Opel owner, PSA will focus in the future on a self-developed Stromer. For 2020, a Corsa with electric drive is planned until 2022, the four e-model series.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Start-Ups are active on the market for electric cars
Not only the long-established car maker with a mix of electric mobility. Only in 2015, was founded in Aachen, the e. GO Mobile AG. In March 2017, the young company presented its first serial model, e. GO Life. It was supposed to be delivered from the end of 2018 – from just 15,000 euros. The Start-up company is a spin-off of the RWTH Aachen University.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Deutsche Post is building E-Transporter itself
Because of the established manufacturers have not been able to supply electric vans in large numbers, seized the German Post-the Initiative. In 2014, she took over the manufacturer StreetScooter, and developed the eponymous electric van for their own needs. Over 6000 of curves for the Post by the Republic.
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Great German plans not met
Well-17.200 electric vehicles were registered in the first half of 2018 in Germany, so just to 16,700 Hybrid cars. This makes an increase of 51 percent compared to the previous year and a market share of 1.8 percent. Compared to China, or Norway, this is little. And the original goal to reach by 2020 a Million electric vehicles on Germany’s roads: in the distance!
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Great electric car plans from Daimler, VW and co.Market breakthrough in Germany, will come
While in China, E-cars are already widely used a lot more, experts have calculated that for Germany until 2020 with a significant increase in the market dynamics. A reason for the more stringent CO2 limit values of the EU, the need to adhere to the car maker then.