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Alliance of VW and Ford: The auto industry is driven to new alliances

Düsseldorf, MunichGeneral pick-ups in the United States and in Europe, a possible cooperation in electric cars and autonomous driving. Volkswagen and ford, two heavyweights in the global auto industry are joining forces. Because digitization and electrification are devouring billions of development costs, they want to the German and the American automaker team up, The cooperation… Continue reading Alliance of VW and Ford: The auto industry is driven to new alliances

BMW F 850 GS and R 1250 GS Now it’s getting fat

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Charging ahead: VW follows Tesla into power business

2020 Volkswagen ID Neo spy shots
For car companies to sell electric cars, they have to get into the power business.

That seems to be Volkswagen's conclusion in announcing a new business to set up electric-car chargers around Europe, and sell clean energy and battery storage to homes.

Volkswagen plans to set up a new brand called Elli—for “electric life”—to sell ancillary electric services such as clean power and chargers. The services will initially be focused in Europe.

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Elli will include several services:

– Clean home power. The company will launch a new service called Naturstrom that delivers 100-percent renewable power to customers' homes. These customers don't have to own an electric car or even a Volkswagen.

Volkswagen charging at VW Elli charging station

– It will sell various levels of home chargers, including two 11-kilowatt wall boxes, a basic model and a higher-end one with WiFi and smart charging capability. For customers wanting future-proof installations, it will also offer 22-kw DC chargers that can connect to a smart grid and enable two-way vehicle-to-grid integration. Volkswagen will develop software to integrate the systems to optimize charge times and ensure cars are charged only with renewable power. The company suggested that the system could use car's batteries, for example, to store home solar power. It did not suggest that Volkswagen might get into the business of building or installing solar panels as Tesla does through Solar City.

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– The company offered few details, but said it will also offer stationary home batteries, similar to Tesla's Powerwalls.

– Elli will also work to build up fast, Level 2 destination charging, including at 4,000 of its own dealers by 2020 as well as providing consulting services to other businesses and parking garages about how to install and operate charging stations.

– It will also develop systems to make public charging simpler and easier, for example by developing a simplified payment structure that can work with multiple networks. Volkswagen is part of a consortium of German automakers working to build a network of public DC fast-charging stations across Europe called Ionity.

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In the U.S., Volkswagen is developing a widespread network of public chargers under the Electrify America brand, in accordance with a court order over its diesel emissions cheating settlement. It's not clear whether some of Elli's European efforts could eventually be rolled into Electrify America or Volkswagen in the U.S.

“Volkswagen is going to force the pace of the urgently needed transport and energy transition to emission-neutral e-mobility,” said
Thomas Ulbrich, Volkswagen brand Board Member responsible for E-Mobility.

Would you buy an electric car from Cadillac? Take our Twitter poll

Cadillac electric crossover SUV based on GM BEV3 modular platform
General Motors' announcement last week that Cadillac will become its lead brand for electric cars is a radical change in strategy.

When America's largest automaker launched its first electrified car, the Chevrolet Volt, company leaders said their electric cars would have to be sold under the Chevrolet brand, reasoning that electric cars would have to be mainstream, and thus sold under GM's largest, most mainstream brand.

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Now, seemingly feeling the pressure from Tesla, the company has changed tack and plans to focus its electric cars efforts under its most expensive brand, Cadillac. At the Detroit auto show on Monday, Cadillac showed its first electric-car concept, a largish mid-size SUV that looks likely to seat five passengers, though details from the company were scant.

The new electric Caddy SUV will be GMs first electric car to use GM's new third-generation electric-car architecture, with a versatile “skateboard” chassis and a battery-pack design that can accommodate different capacities in the same format. As with Tesla, the high-end vehicle is designed to allow GM to spread the costs of converting to electric drivetrains over more expensive models that can absorb the cost, after federal tax credits for the auto giant's plug-in cars run out.

It isn't expected to go on sale until 2022, however, and by then more automakers will be bringing a wider selection of more affordable electric cars to market.

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That led us to wonder whether our readers would be likely to buy an electric car from Cadillac. A key question is whether the Cadillac name still carries enough cutting-edge cachet to attract high-tech early adopters, or whether those are even the buyers who might be looking for an electric luxury car by 2022.

Certainly, Cadillac will face no shortage of competition among luxury electric SUVs by then, with new models hitting the market from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz this year.

So, our Twitter poll for this week asks readers simply: “Would you buy an electric car from Cadillac?”

Some may answer, “Absolutely.” Others may have grown weary of the brand's repeated stuttering revival efforts and answer, “Never.”

In between, we expect many readers might consider it only if they don't have Tesla as an option (“Not over a Tesla”), or if the price is cheap enough to compete with the host of more affordable options that will be on the market by then: (“Only if it's cheap.”)

As always, remember that our Twitter polls are unscientific, as our respondents are self-selected and too few in number to constitute a nationally representative sample.

Detroit Auto Show: Transatlantic Cooperation – So VW and Ford want to work together in the future

Herbert Diess (left) and Jim Hackett The bosses of VW and Ford confirmed their alliance on Tuesday in Detroit. (Photo: AP) DüsseldorfThe automobile companies Volkswagen and ford start with their global alliance, about which both companies had negotiated since the middle of last year. The two companies definitely want to jointly produce vans, pick-ups and… Continue reading Detroit Auto Show: Transatlantic Cooperation – So VW and Ford want to work together in the future

Ford-VW sign memorandum to jointly develop EVs and self-driving vehicles

DETROIT, Jan 15 (Reuters) – VW CEO says in copy of speech: Ford and VW have signed memorandum of understanding to jointly develop electric and self-driving vehicles VW CEO says will share platforms and parts with Ford on pickups and vans in the alliance VW CEO says building vans in Ford’s turkey plant is an… Continue reading Ford-VW sign memorandum to jointly develop EVs and self-driving vehicles

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company Launch Global Alliance

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company today announced the first formal agreements in a broad alliance that positions the companies to boost competitiveness and better serve customers in an era of rapid change in the industry. Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess and Ford CEO Jim Hackett confirmed that the companies intend to develop commercial vans… Continue reading Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company Launch Global Alliance

VW In the opinion of the prosecutor, the criminal offense of subsidy fraud at VW is out of the question. (Photo: AP) BraunschweigThe German judiciary has investigated VW hired for possible fraud on EU funds in the millions. The case against employees of VolkswagenCorporation for subsidy fraud had been set for lack of sufficient suspicion,… Continue reading Suspected subsidy fraud: Justice is investigating against VW employees

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