Customers may see an increase in cost savings as a result.
Volkswagen has announced that, in addition to producing its own batteries and electric motors, it will soon develop pulse inverters and thermal management systems in order to produce additional components of its electric drive systems internally. Volkswagen Group Technology will now be in charge of all of these things going forward, saving the company a lot of money and improving logistics.
It is not a secret that manufacturers have had a very hard time getting the parts they need to make electric cars over the past few years. VW is well-versed in difficulties and has had to overcome many of them. A quarter of the way to Tesla's all-time delivery record, the company recently delivered half a million electric vehicles worldwide. There is no room for more defeats like this if it wants to rise to the top soon.When automakers talk about making electric vehicles, they mostly talk about making batteries and motors. With the addition of pulse inverters and thermal management systems, VW is much closer to controlling all aspects of its vehicle production. We don't need to tell you that there are a lot more components than those two that go into making an electric vehicle run.
Because the entire system was built from the ground up to work in tandem, the company can scale and optimize each component for the other, resulting in significantly increased efficiency.The thermal system has a significant impact on range and fast-charging capability, while the pulse inverter has a significant impact on efficiency and performance. VW claims that these proprietary components can increase efficiency by up to 20% once implemented.
Scalability is yet another significant advantage of manufacturing all of these parts. Because VW is such a large company, the higher initial costs of producing all of these parts will eventually result in consumer savings. This means that future ID models will be like this one, and ID 4 and the upcoming ID 7 may soon have prices that are more competitive.
The Volkswagen Group's Chair of the Board of Management, Oliver Blume, stated, "The Volkswagen Group and its brands stand for first-class products and technologies." We are able to benefit greatly from economies of scale due to the Group's size, scope, and in-house expertise. Customers benefit from this, and our vehicles become even better as a result.
Again, VW Group Technology will be in charge of this, and it will be responsible for batteries, charging, and electric components. The "unified cell," which will be implemented in VW Group vehicles by 2025 with the intention of setting a new standard for battery technology in the automotive industry, is part of the high-tech portfolio, along with some subsidiaries.
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