1143: Electrify America To Double In Size | 14 July 2021 - a podcast by EV News Daily

Show #1143.

 

If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed.

 

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 14th July. It’s  Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.

 

Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.

 

 

 

- Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess is elaborating further on VW’s plans to phase out combustion engines and equip cars with software systems that enable automated driving and can be updated over the air.

 

- Although EVs aren’t as profitable as combustion cars now, VW expects overall parity to be reached within two to three years.

 

- Even as EVs take center stage, Diess has repeatedly said that software and self-driving functions will to bring about an even deeper transformation of the industry with cars becoming sophisticated connected devices

 

- First-half operating profit rose to 11 billion euros, ahead of pre-pandemic levels

 

Original Source : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/vw-targets-higher-returns-as-batteries-and-software-boost-sales

 

 

- Individual mobility, based on cars, is expected to still account for 85% of the market and Volkswagen’s business.

 

- A robust-margin ICE business, generating strong cash-flows will finance and accelerate the shift to BEVs. A disciplined ramp-up driven by synergies from lower battery and factory costs and increasing scale is expected to improve BEV margins.

 

- Volkswagen has already earmarked €73 billion for future technologies from 2021 through 2025, representing 50% of total investments.

 

- Synergies are expected to arise in many areas: from a universal BEV product architecture to CARIAD’s global software platform, own cell and battery production at scale, all the way to a mobility platform that bundles a range of services seamlessly.

 

- From 2026 onwards, the Group plans to start the production of pure electric vehicles on the SSP. This next generation will be all-electric, fully digital and highly scalable. Over its lifetime, more than 40 million vehicles are projected on this basis. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers. To improve and speed up its mechatronics platform competencies, the Group will invest around €800 million into a new Research & Development facility in Wolfsburg, where the core of the SSP platform and its modules will be designed.

 

- Volkswagen Group’s automotive software company CARIAD aspires to develop the leading software platform by 2025, as one software backbone for all group cars. Currently, the entity is working on three software platforms: E 1.1 allows for upgrades and over-the-air updates of the MEB product portfolio, such as the Volkswagen ID.4, the Skoda Enyaq or the CUPRA Born. In 2023, CARIAD will release the premium software platform 1.2 (E 1.2): It will enable a variety of functions including a new unified infotainment system and over-the-air updates for Audi and Porsche vehicles. In 2025, CARIAD plans to launch a new unified, scalable software platform and end-to-end electronic architecture:

 

- Volkswagen Group plans to establish a controlled battery supply chain by setting up new partnerships and tackling all aspects from raw material to recycling. The goal is to create a closed loop in the battery value chain as the most sustainable and cost-effective way to build batteries.In order to reach its goal, Volkswagen Group is advancing battery competence and reducing complexity. To that extent, it is introducing one unified battery cell format with up to 50% cost reduction and up to 80% use cases by 2030. Six giga factories in Europe with a total production capacity of 240 GWh by 2030 will help to secure battery supply.The first location in Skellefteå, Sweden, will be operated by Northvolt AB. Volkswagen Group just invested an additional €500 million in its premium cell partner and works with Northvolt towards starting production in 2023.For the second location in Salzgitter, Volkswagen Group yesterday signed an agreement with Chinese cell specialist Gotion High-Tech as its technological partner for a start of production in 2025. Together, both partners will develop and industrialize the volume segment of the unified cell in the German plant.As a third location, Volkswagen Group intends to make Spain a strategic pillar of its electric campaign and is considering to establish the entire value chain of electric cars in that country.

 

Original Source : https://electriccarsreport.com/2021/07/volkswagen-group-presents-new-auto-strategy-through-2030

 

 

- Electrify America today announced its “Boost Plan” to more than double its current electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the United States and Canada, with plans to have more than 1,800 fast charging stations and 10,000 individual chargers installed by the end of 2025. The expansion will increase the deployment of 150 and 350 kilowatt chargers – the fastest speed available today – and help pave the way for more electric vehicles in North America.

 

- Electrify America will also expand its Electrify Canada charging network which began installations in 2019. Both initiatives are part of a global announcement today by the parent company Volkswagen Group to substantially increase public charging infrastructure in North America, Asia and Europe.

 

- The company has installed on average four stations per week since its first charging station opened a little over three years ago in May 2018. As part of the expansion, Electrify America will not only multiply its presence in established U.S. regions, but also add the states of Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming and Vermont, bringing Electrify America’s network to 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Building upon Electrify America’s current two cross-country and two coastal routes for cross-country travel, part of this expansion will add a new electric vehicle charging highway to the upper Midwest

 

- Customers will experience easy payment solutions, such as Plug & Charge for capable vehicles, to make charging convenient and simple at every station. Additionally, the company is investing in integrated battery storage solutions that reduce the impact on the grid and allows deployment of charging stations in areas where it would not previously be feasible.

 

Original Source : https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/canada-business-technology-609968f79fa62b0387b635444d179e49

 

 

- Southern California Edison announced on Monday, July 12, that it plans to exponentially increase the number of passenger car chargers installed in Southern California from about 3,000 today to more than 40,000 over the next four years. A Rosemead-based investor-owned utility that serves parts of the Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, SCE offers customers to public schools, city halls, libraries, hospitals, and more. Spend $ 436 million to encourage the installation of charging ports. Shopping centers, apartments, town homes, apartments.

 

- SCE had approximately 5,500 charging ports in its service area at the end of 2020, counting large and medium-sized charging stations for buses, trucks and fleet vehicles, as well as passenger car charging. SCE officials estimate that more than 9,000 will be added annually under the new program.

 

Original Source : https://californianewstimes.com/40000-charging-stations-for-electric-vehicles-planned-for-southern-california-daily-bulletin/436919/

 

- Audi is officially launching the e-tron GT electric car in the US today with a starting price of $99,900 before incentives.  Now the vehicle is available in the US market as Audi opens the online configurator today. The electric car starts at $99,900, and it goes up to $139,900 before options for the RS e-tron GT.

 

Original Source : https://electrek.co/2021/07/13/audi-e-tron-gt-us-launch-price-options/

 

 

 

 

- Tesla has announced the date for their second quarter earnings report: July 26, 2021. In early July, Tesla announced record quarterly deliveries of 201,250 vehicles, up 9% from Q1. Investors will be looking for record earnings as well.

 

Original Source : https://www.thestreet.com/tesla/news/tesla-announces-q2-earnings-date

 

 

- Tesla is expected to start European deliveries of its China-built Model Y SUVs in a few weeks.

The first vehicles will be handed over to customers in Germany in August, the German news agency dpa reported, citing an official Tesla communication. The vehicles will be exported from Tesla's factory in Shanghai.

 

Original Source : https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/tesla-will-import-model-y-china-amid-german-plant-delays

 

Original Source : https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/13/apple-reportedly-wants-batteries-for-the-apple-car-to-be-produced-in-the-us/

 

Original Source : https://pandaily.com/teslas-rival-xpeng-launches-g3i-smart-suv

 

Original Source : https://www.thedrum.com/news/2021/07/13/starling-bank-electric-car-charging-stations-are-tactical-media-buy?utm_source=pocket_mylist

 

Original Source : http://autonews.gasgoo.com/china_news/70018409.html

 

 

Original Source : https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210712-vietnam-s-vinfast-to-launch-electric-cars-in-us-europe-next-year

 

Original Source : https://www.kbb.com/car-news/with-new-evs-coming-hyundai-cancels-ioniq-electric/

 

 

What’s your ideal stop time on a long distance road trip? Whether you’re driving an EV or not, how long would you usually be stationary? Let’s find out how far away we are from EVs being a non-issue for extended driving.

 

Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com

 

It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.

 

And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.

 

Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.

 

PREMIUM PARTNERS

PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE

BRAD CROSBY

PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI

VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST

NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM

DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL

RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK