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June 29, 2023: Volkswagen said it's in discussion with Tesla to optimize its North American charging standard for its customers. "Volkswagen Group and its brands are currently evaluating the implementation of the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its North American customers," Volkswagen said in an emailed statement<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/volkswagen-discussions-tesla-over-charging-171951015.html</ref>. This comes after Ford and General motors recently inked a similar deal with Tesla. Charging stations in U.S use what is called the public domain Combined Charging System (CCS) plug standard, which has been found to be unreliable compared to NACS. By using Tesla's NACS, these automakers will also save on costs meant to improve the charging infrastructure. “We think we can save up to $400 million in the original three-quarters of a billion dollars that we allocated to this, because we’ve been able to do it faster and more effectively,” General Motors CEO, Mary Barra, said in an interview with CNBC<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/09/tesla-ford-gm-ev-charging-partnerships.html</ref>. | |||
May 15, 2023. Volkswagen CFO Arno Antlitz said Cariad will bring its next generation 2.0 platform to the market by 2027 or 2028 instead of 2026, confirming last year's Reuters report. The software would enable level 4 autonomous driving. Antlitz said the company wanted to concentrate first on the version of the platform that will be implemented in 2024 on premium models such as e-Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron. "There will be great cars on that platform... that gives us a little flexibility to postpone to 2027, 2028,"he said. Antlitz said Cariad will rely more on outside partners and do less in-house to reduce cash burn<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-volkswagen-cfo-next-generation-132110466.html</ref>. | May 15, 2023. Volkswagen CFO Arno Antlitz said Cariad will bring its next generation 2.0 platform to the market by 2027 or 2028 instead of 2026, confirming last year's Reuters report. The software would enable level 4 autonomous driving. Antlitz said the company wanted to concentrate first on the version of the platform that will be implemented in 2024 on premium models such as e-Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron. "There will be great cars on that platform... that gives us a little flexibility to postpone to 2027, 2028,"he said. Antlitz said Cariad will rely more on outside partners and do less in-house to reduce cash burn<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-volkswagen-cfo-next-generation-132110466.html</ref>. | ||