STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s AB Volvo is joining forces with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence used in self-driving trucks, the companies said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A Volvo logo is pictured on the stand during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse The agreement between… Continue reading Truckmaker Volvo to partner with Nvidia to develop AI for driverless vehicles
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Beyond Tesla, electric cars lose value faster than other vehicles
Lower maintenance and repair needs plus lower energy costs can make a very convincing case for electric car ownership.
The same isn’t always true for those who own vehicles the old-fashioned way, going with what’s new and fresh every three years or so, before trading it in for the next. Then, electric vehicles have an issue that can turn the math on its side: appalling resale value.
The average new electric vehicle loses 56.6 percent of its original value in three years, according to the car-deal search engine iSeeCars. The average among all kinds of vehicles is 38.2 percent of depreciation over three years.
The depreciation is from its sticker price, so it doesn’t include things like a potential EV tax credit of up to $7,500—which not every buyer may be able to claim.
In a recent analysis, iSeeCars found that the Fiat 500e had the steepest value plunge among EVs. Its average three-year-old used price was just $10,358—a depreciation of nearly 70 percent from its original price. The BMW i3 after three years cost just $19,784, which was a 63-percent cut from its original price. The Nissan Leaf (despite hints of an uptick last year) and Volkswagen e-Golf also posted steep value losses of nearly 60 percent over three years.
2018 BMW i3s
The Ford Fusion Energi was also called out by iSeeCars a plunge in value that was nearly as steep as that of those EVs. The Fusion Energi is worth just $15,983 after three years.
The new trends come from an analysis of more than 4.8 million car sales, comparing average price weighted by sales volume for vehicles sold between January and May 2019 with those of the same model sold between January and May 2019, adjusting for inflation via the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
2019 Tesla Model S
Tesla is an exception to the rule, though—and proof that EVs don’t have to be resale-value money pits. After three years, the average Tesla Model S remains worth a strong $57,517, according to iSeeCars, which is just a 17.1-percent reduction from its price when new.
For nearly all the other non-Tesla models, these losses help enforce the value of leasing (under what are in many case highly subsidized offers), while purchasing may only make sense when planning to keep an EV over a longer timeline.
All of the electric models that lost the largest chunk of their original value are short-range models. One of the keys to success (and a signal of success) for the new long-range fully electric vehicles is that they escape the pull of strong depreciation. With the first Chevrolet Bolt EVs due to near that three-year mark early next year—and the new ones in their tax-credit phaseout—we’ll start getting some answers on whether that's the case in a matter of months.
Opel “satisfied” with first orders for the Corsa-e
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UK firms join to develop ‘world-leading’ EV powertrain
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Car industry: “Car.Software”: VW wants to bundle and expand software development
Electric car ID.3 from VW VW wants to bundle and expand software development. (Photo: AFP) DusseldorfVolkswagen wants to bundle and expand its software competences. In the new unit “Car.Software” more than 5000 digital experts should be summarized by 2025, announced VW on Tuesday. In the course of the increasing software share in the vehicles, by… Continue reading Car industry: “Car.Software”: VW wants to bundle and expand software development
Volkswagen aims to boost in-house software development to 60% by 2025
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Volkswagen carmaker is seen at the entrance of a showroom in Nice, France, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen said on Tuesday it would put 5,000 digital experts into a new unit called “Car.Software” by 2025 as the German carmaker aims to develop at least 60%… Continue reading Volkswagen aims to boost in-house software development to 60% by 2025
Cars: Until the VW robot car it takes “a few more days”
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Why it did not work between Aurora and VW
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Innoviz extends funding round to $170 million to bring its lidar tech to self-driving cars – TechCrunch
Just a few months ago, Innoviz became one of the better capitalized lidar startups when it announced it had raised $132 million in a Series C funding round. But that wouldn’t be the end of it. The company kept the funding doors propped open and ultimately captured another $38 million from investors. The round has… Continue reading Innoviz extends funding round to $170 million to bring its lidar tech to self-driving cars – TechCrunch
Volkswagen funds office in Germany for combating antisemitism – Jewish News
Volkswagen is joining with the Anti-Defamation League to fund a Berlin-based office that will research and combat antisemitism in Europe. “The initiative will focus on assessing the root causes of antisemitism, extremism, and bigotry in society and develop programs to counter it through advocacy and education,” ADL said in a release Tuesday. A spokesman for… Continue reading Volkswagen funds office in Germany for combating antisemitism – Jewish News