Malinga ndi malipoti ambiri atolankhani, chifukwa cha zovuta zamapulogalamu, Gulu la Volkswagen la Germany layimitsanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa magalimoto angapo amagetsi, kuphatikiza ID.4 m'malo mwa chitsanzo ndi Porsche's electric SUV.
Zimanenedwa kuti mitundu ina ya nsanja yatsopano ya Volkswagen ya SSP sidzakhalapo mpaka kumapeto kwa 2029, zomwe zikutanthauzanso kuti ID.4 m'malo mwachitsanzo ndi mtundu watsopano wamagetsi wa SUV wa Porsche sizipezeka mpaka 2029 koyambirira. Ponena za kuchedwa kwa Volkswagen kutulutsa magalimoto ambiri amagetsi, ndichifukwa chakuti dipatimenti yake ya mapulogalamu CARIAD idalephera kupereka mapulogalamu ofunikira munthawi yake.
Zimamveka kuti Volkswagen ID.4 inamangidwa pa nsanja ya Volkswagen MEB ndipo inatulutsidwa mu September 2020. Mitundu iwiri yapakhomo pamsika wapakhomo, FAW-Volkswagen ID.4 CROZZ ndi SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X, inatulutsidwa mu November 2020. 239,900 ndi 293,900 yuan. SUV yatsopano yamagetsi ya Porsche ndi SUV K1, yomwe ili ngati chitsanzo chapamwamba chokhala ndi anthu asanu ndi awiri. Woyang'anira malonda a Porsche Albrecht Reimold adati galimotoyo "idzakhala chitsanzo chapamwamba kwambiri pamzere wathu wamalonda."
M'malo mwake, Volkswagen idayimitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa nsanja ya SSP zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndipo pulogalamu ya E3 2.0 yomwe inali ndi zovuta nthawi ino idakhazikitsidwa ndi pulogalamu yopangidwa ndi SSP ya m'badwo wotsatira wamagalimoto amagetsi, ndipo idapangidwa ndi wocheperapo wa Volkswagen CARIAD. Dipatimenti ya mapulogalamu CARIAD (Car I Am Digital) ndi bizinesi ya Volkswagen Group. Idakhazikitsidwa ndikukhazikitsidwa ndi Herbert Diess, CEO wakale wa Volkswagen Group. Omwe adatsogolera anali Car.Software Organisation, gawo la mapulogalamu a Volkswagen lomwe linakhazikitsidwa mu 2020.
CARIAD imawonedwa ndi Gulu la Volkswagen ngati gawo lofunikira pakulimbikitsa kuyika magetsi ndi kusintha kwanzeru, kotero ndikuyembekeza kwambiri. Komabe, chiyambireni kukhazikitsidwa kwake, CARIAD sinayende bwino. M'mbuyomu, chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo kwa R&D kwa kampaniyo, mapulani ochuluka a magalimoto atsopano omwe adayambitsidwa ndi mitundu yambiri kuphatikiza Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen ndi Bentley adayimitsidwa mobwerezabwereza, zomwe zidapangitsanso kusakhutira pakati pa oyang'anira Volkswagen Gulu. Pambuyo pake, Diess, yemwe anali CEO wa Volkswagen Group, adaonjezeranso ndalama zake pamlingo wa mapulogalamu, ndipo adapangitsa kuti gululi likhale lodziimira ngati CARIAD kuti apewe kusokonezedwa ndi mphamvu zamkati za Volkswagen Group, ndikukhazikitsa mabungwe m'mayiko ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Monga bizinesi ya Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group yatsindika mobwerezabwereza kuti CARIAD ndi chitukuko cha mapulogalamu a magalimoto ndi gawo "lofunika" la Volkswagen Group. Komabe, chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa bajeti komanso kulephera kukwaniritsa zolinga zachitukuko, kupanga mitundu iwiri yatsopano yofunikira, Porsche e-Macan ndi Audi Q6 e-tron, kwachedwa.
Kuonjezera apo, kuchedwa kwa mapulogalamu a mapulogalamu ndi kuwonjezereka kwa ndalama kunalinso chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe Diess anasiya ntchito mu September 2022. Kenaka dipatimentiyi inatengedwa ndi Oliver Blume, Mtsogoleri watsopano wa Volkswagen Group, ndipo ambiri mwa akuluakulu a CARIAD adachotsedwa ntchito. Mu Meyi 2023, chifukwa cha kuchepa kwakukulu kwa kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha CARIAD, kampani ya Volkswagen Group, komanso zaka zambiri zotayika, Volkswagen yalengeza kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa akuluakulu onse a dipatimentiyi kupatula ogwira ntchito komanso pafupifupi kukonzanso bungwe la oyang'anira CARIAD. Panthawiyo, Gulu la Volkswagen linalengeza kuti Peter Bosch, yemwe anali mkulu wa kupanga Bentley, adalowa m'malo mwa Dirk Hilgenberg monga CEO wa Volkswagen Software Company CARIAD, komanso anali ndi udindo wa zachuma, kugula zinthu ndi bizinesi ya IT. Mu Okutobala chaka chomwecho, panali malipoti amsika akuti Volkswagen idakonza zochotsa antchito 2,000 ku CARIAD, ndi cholinga chomaliza kuchotsedwa ntchito kuyambira 2024 mpaka kumapeto kwa 2025.
Ndikoyenera kunena kuti pofuna kuthetsa mavuto a mapulogalamu, Volkswagen Group yayambanso kufunafuna mgwirizano wakunja. M'mbuyomu, Volkswagen adalengeza mgwirizano waukulu ndi Xiaopeng Motors. Maphwando awiriwa apanga limodzi mitundu iwiri yanzeru yolumikizidwa pamsika wamagalimoto aku China apakati. Mitundu iwiri yoyambirira idatsimikiziridwa kuti idzakhazikitsidwa mu 2026, ndipo choyambirira ndi mtundu wa SUV. Pa May 20, Audi, wothandizira wa Volkswagen Group, ndi SAIC Group adalengeza kusaina mgwirizano wa mgwirizano. Maphwando awiriwa apanga limodzi nsanja yatsopano yomwe ikuyang'ana msika waku China - Advanced Digitized Platform. Mitundu yatsopano yomangidwa papulatifomuyi idzakhala ndi mapulogalamu apamwamba kwambiri amakampani ndi zida. Pa June 26, Volkswagen Group inalengeza kuti idzagulitsa US $ 5 biliyoni (pafupifupi RMB 36.3 biliyoni) ndi Rivian Automotive, gulu latsopano lopanga magalimoto ku America, kuti akhazikitse mgwirizano kuti apange zomangamanga zamagetsi ndi mapulogalamu a pulogalamu kuti apititse patsogolo chitukuko cha mapulogalamu a makampani awiriwa.
Gulu la Volkswagen pakali pano likukumana ndi zowawa za kusintha kwa magetsi. Zomwe ziyenera kuyang'anizana nazo ndikuti monga kampani yoyambilira komanso yodalitsika kwambiri pakusintha kwamagetsi, ngakhale Volkswagen imasungabe malingaliro okhazikika pakusintha kwamagetsi koyera, kuyimitsidwa kwa kutulutsidwa kwa magalimoto ambiri amagetsi kudzabweretsa zovuta ku Volkswagen mtsogolomo. Kupatula apo, msika wamagalimoto wapano ukukumana ndi kusinthika kosayerekezeka, ndipo kubwereza kwamitundu yatsopano ndi yakale kumathamanga kwambiri.
Malingana ndi ndondomekoyi, Volkswagen Group ikukonzekera kukhazikitsa mitundu 30 yamafuta opangidwa kwanuko ndi osakanizidwa mu 2027; pofika chaka cha 2030, Volkswagen China ipereka zitsanzo zamagetsi zosachepera 30 pamsika waku China, ndipo Volkswagen Gulu idzakhala imodzi mwamakampani atatu apamwamba kwambiri agalimoto ku China panthawiyo. Komabe, ndi kusinthika kosalekeza kwa msika wamagalimoto, msika watsala ndi nthawi yochepa ya Volkswagen.
