{"id":75635,"date":"2024-08-13T10:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75635"},"modified":"2024-08-13T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:23:36","slug":"vw-electric-golf-sooner-than-expected-rivians-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75635","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen’s electric Golf may come sooner than expected with help from Rivian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to Rivian\u2019s software expertise, the long-awaited electric VW Golf could hit the market sooner than expected.\u00a0Volkswagen<\/a>\u00a0is reportedly considering pulling forward the Golf EV launch despite delaying its Tesla-rivaling Trinity EV<\/span> again.<\/p>\n

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More Volkswagen EV delays<\/h2>\n

Once considered Volkswagen\u2019s savior, the Trinity EV was expected to help close the gap with Tesla. After scrapping plans<\/a> to build a new $2.2B factory to produce the model in 2022, VW\u2019s flagship EV looks to be even further away.<\/p>\n

According to a new report<\/a> from Handelsblatt<\/em>, VW plans to begin production at the end of 2032, six years after its original 2026 launch date.<\/p>\n

VW\u2019s Trinity was supposed to launch in 2026, but the timeline has been pushed back several times. It was expected in 2028, then 2030, and now it looks like closer toward the end of 2032, Handelsblatt <\/em>learned from company insiders.<\/p>\n

The Trinity EV was also expected to be the first Volkswagen EV based on its software-defined Scalable Systems Platform (SSP).<\/p>\n

VW is delaying the launch due to slowing EV sales and CEO Oliver Blume\u2019s new plan to cut costs. Meanwhile, we could see the electric Golf jump the Trinity to be the first EV launched on the SSP platform.<\/p>\n

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The new Volkswagen ID.3 GTX Performance and ID.3 GTX (Source: VW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VW electric Golf may arrive sooner with Rivian\u2019s help<\/h2>\n

After announcing a new partnership with Rivian, Volkswagen expects the new joint venture<\/a> to pay dividends.<\/p>\n

VW plans to invest up to $5 billion, $3 billion of which will go to Rivian and $2 billion in the joint venture.<\/p>\n

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2024 Volkswagen ID.4 (Source: VW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The report claims Volkswagen\u2019s MEB platform will be upgraded to the MEB+ in 2026. Thanks to Rivian\u2019s help, the PPE platform underpinning the new Porsche Macan EV<\/a> will also get a software upgrade within the next 36 months.<\/p>\n

According to the sources, the Golf EV could finally hit the market in 2029, or even sooner, as the first model based on its SSP platform.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen ID.3 GTX (Source: Volkswagen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VW\u2019s chief tech officer, Kai Grunitz, confirmed earlier this year<\/a> that \u201cwork on a fully electric Golf\u201d has started. Grunitz said that the Golf is the \u201cheart of our brand\u201d and VW doesn\u2019t plan to phase out the name.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has to look like a Golf. It has to be affordable like a Golf. It has to be [capable] like a Golf,\u201d VW\u2019s tech boss told Top Gear<\/a><\/em> in January. Grunitz also confirmed there will be a GTI model.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen ID.3 GTX Performance interior (Source: VW)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thomas Shafer, CEO of VW Passenger Cars, also said, \u201cWe have iconic brand names, Golf and GTI. It would be crazy to let them die and slip away,\u201d at the 2023 LA Auto Show. The electric hatch is expected to go by the ID.Golf, aligning with VW\u2019s ID series.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

With plans to pull forward the Golf EV launch, what will that mean for the ID.3? Volkswagen is also reportedly working on a Tiguan-size electric SUV that could go by the ID.Tiguan.<\/p>\n

The Volkswagen Golf was the second best-selling car in Germany<\/a> last month, an electric model would make sense.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, sales of the VW ID.4\/ ID.5 models fell 44.6% in July, while only 935 ID.3s were sold, a drop of 47% YOY.<\/p>\n

In the US, ID.4 sales<\/a> fell 15% in the second quarter compared to Q2 2023. Meanwhile, the Tiguan was VW\u2019s best-selling model in the US in Q2, with over 21,000 units sold. Perhaps Volkswagen needs a shakeup.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts? Would you buy an electric VW Golf or Tiguan? Let us know in the comments what features or price range you would look for.<\/p>\n

Source: Handelsblatt, Automotive News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks to Rivian\u2019s software expertise, the long-awaited electric VW Golf could hit the market sooner than expected.\u00a0Volkswagen\u00a0is reportedly considering pulling forward the Golf EV launch despite delaying its Tesla-rivaling Trinity EV again. More Volkswagen EV delays Once considered Volkswagen\u2019s savior, the Trinity EV was expected to help close the gap with Tesla. After scrapping plans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}