{"id":83334,"date":"2025-08-27T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83334"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:47:51","slug":"another-german-automaker-just-walked-away-from-big-ev-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=83334","title":{"rendered":"Another major automaker is abandoning its big EV plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yet another big name in auto is pulling back on its EV plans, blaming slower than expected demand for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

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Porsche drops in-house EV battery plans<\/h2>\n

Volkswagen\u2019s luxury sports car brand, Porsche, announced this week that it no longer plans to build EV batteries in-house.<\/p>\n

Cellforce, Porsche\u2019s high-performance EV battery company, will shrink and only focus on research and development, rather than production.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, Porsche blamed \u201cthe slower ramp-up\u201d of EVs and \u201cchallenging market conditions\u201d in its biggest markets, the US and China, for the changes. <\/p>\n

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CEO Oliver Blume, confirmed the news, saying \u201cFor volume reasons and a lack of economies of scale, Porsche is no longer pursuing its own production of battery cells.\u201d The staff reductions, will be handled in \u201ca socially responsible matter,\u201d Porsche said. Volkswagen\u2019s battery unit, PowerCo, will take on several former employees.<\/p>\n

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Porsche Cayenne EV towing a 3-ton trailer and classic car (Source: Porsche)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Porsche plans to continue to continue offering internal combustion engine (ICE), hybrid, and all-electric options across every segment \u201cwell into the 2030s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the Taycan and Macan Electric, Porsche is still planning to launch the all-electric Cayenne and 718 models. The German automaker promises future models will still \u201cbring trend-setting technologies in electromobility into series production.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Porsche Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package (Source: Porsche AG)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A separate report from German magazine WirtschaftsWoche<\/a><\/em> claimed on Wednesday that Porsche is on the hunt for a new CEO to replace Oliver Blume.<\/p>\n

German automaker Opel drops EV commitment plans<\/h2>\n

Porsche isn\u2019t the only German automaker adjusting EV plans. Opel is one of the many brands under the Stellantis<\/a> Group, alongside Jeep, Ram, Peugeot, Citro\u00ebn, Fiat, and several others.<\/p>\n

Although it was one of the many automakers to commit to offering an all-electric lineup, it\u2019s now backing off its promise.<\/p>\n

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Opel Corsa Electric (Source: Stellantis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During Stellantis\u2019 EV Day in 2021, Opel announced its intention to transition to all-electric vehicles by 2028<\/a>, accompanied by a slate of new models. Former CEO Michael Lohscheller, now chief executive at Polestar, said, \u201cAs of 2028, Opel will only offer electric cars in our core market Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, the German auto giant abandoned its plans for an all-EV lineup, saying it will continue to focus on its current \u201cmulti-energy\u201d strategy.<\/p>\n

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Opel is the first German auto brand to offer a fully electrified model for every vehicle in its lineup, including electric (EVs), plug-in (PHEVs), and even internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.<\/p>\n

In response to media reports claiming it has changed its strategy, the company said in a statement, \u201cThis does not have to be limited to 2028 if the demand side requires otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the company will continue to focus on EVs in specific regions, like the UK, France, and Germany, it will also offer other powertrain options based on demand.<\/p>\n

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Opel Corsa Electric (Source: Stellantis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Opel, alongside British sister company Vauxhall, is one of the top-selling brands in Europe. In Germany and the UK, Opel and Vauxhall ranked first<\/a> in the ever-expanding B-hatch segment through the first half of the year.<\/p>\n

The German auto giant becomes the latest brand to scale back EV plans or shift to hybrids, following Volvo, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, and others.<\/p>\n

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Yet another big name in auto is pulling back on its EV plans, blaming slower than expected demand for electric vehicles. Porsche drops in-house EV battery plans Volkswagen\u2019s luxury sports car brand, Porsche, announced this week that it no longer plans to build EV batteries in-house. Cellforce, Porsche\u2019s high-performance EV battery company, will shrink and […]<\/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-83334","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\/83334","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=83334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83334\/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=83334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}