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Did you confuse the model numbers? The ID.3 (which is not sold in the US) had a very early production start and initial software problems (they are getting a b

Did you confuse the model numbers? The ID.3 (which is not sold in the US) had a very early production start and initial software problems (they are getting a big update starting march 2021) The ID.4 production started later. VW announced ~40 billions worth of contracts with the usual vendors for battery cells (I recall at least LG and Catl). Those are are putting billions into new plants around the world

grecy 6y ago
Sorry, you're right, I did get confused. All the same, do we have expected production numbers, and when production is expected to ramp up to those numbers? (for the ID.3 and ID.4) ?
- reitzensteinm 6y ago
  I'm scratching my head at you believing VW is being "very" quiet. They give pretty regular updates on their Twitter account, break down targets, current production and construction progress by factory, and the company as a whole seems proud of their progress. For instance Zwickau is at 800 per day for ID.3/ID.4 lines combined, and targeting 1400 this summer for the same (keep in mind it's a five day work week, this annualizes to 330k units). ID.5 is in test production there as well. I feel like I know roughly as much about what the VW group (including Porsche, Audi etc) is up to as I do about Tesla. Many other car makers are keeping their cards closer to their chest, and it's presumably not because they're holding a winning hand. https://twitter.com/vwsachsen_de https://twitter.com/vwsachsen_de
  - grecy 6y ago
    Thanks, I hadn't seen that twitter account, and as I don't speak German it's difficult to parse.
    - reitzensteinm 6y ago
      Matthias Schmidt is probably worth a follow. He documents industry progress towards the tightening EU emissions regulations, which is a fascinating subject in itself. The electric vehicles subreddit also covers the wider industry in some detail - although often in the form of passive aggressive shitposting between Tesla bulls and bears. https://mobile.twitter.com/auto_schmidt/status/1364938710798786561 https://mobile.twitter.com/auto_schmidt/status/1364938710798...

grecy 6y ago

Sorry, you're right, I did get confused. All the same, do we have expected production numbers, and when production is expected to ramp up to those numbers? (for the ID.3 and ID.4) ?

reitzensteinm 6y ago
I'm scratching my head at you believing VW is being "very" quiet. They give pretty regular updates on their Twitter account, break down targets, current production and construction progress by factory, and the company as a whole seems proud of their progress. For instance Zwickau is at 800 per day for ID.3/ID.4 lines combined, and targeting 1400 this summer for the same (keep in mind it's a five day work week, this annualizes to 330k units). ID.5 is in test production there as well. I feel like I know roughly as much about what the VW group (including Porsche, Audi etc) is up to as I do about Tesla. Many other car makers are keeping their cards closer to their chest, and it's presumably not because they're holding a winning hand. https://twitter.com/vwsachsen_de https://twitter.com/vwsachsen_de
- grecy 6y ago
  Thanks, I hadn't seen that twitter account, and as I don't speak German it's difficult to parse.
  - reitzensteinm 6y ago
    Matthias Schmidt is probably worth a follow. He documents industry progress towards the tightening EU emissions regulations, which is a fascinating subject in itself. The electric vehicles subreddit also covers the wider industry in some detail - although often in the form of passive aggressive shitposting between Tesla bulls and bears. https://mobile.twitter.com/auto_schmidt/status/1364938710798786561 https://mobile.twitter.com/auto_schmidt/status/1364938710798...