It’s not Tesla who wants to. Until The American manufacturer’s Model Y continues its wild success around the world, the one who presented himself as his most serious competitor, is struggling. The ID.4 is clearly not a crowd pleaser, with sales figures 30% lower than predicted. A blow for the European number 1, which has invested enormously in the development of its ID series. This name was not chosen by chance, ID stands for “Intelligent Design”, the name of this new range dedicated to battery powered models. After a few months, she was helped crossover ID.4, located on the upper segment.
Electrical range ID. which grows
From 2022, the ID family (originally ID.3 and ID.4) has two additional models. THE crossover ID.5, derived from ID.4. And less rational ones are already known ID.Buzz, neo-retro version of Volkswagen combi from the 50s! The range will be supported soon new salon ID.7 (equivalent in size to the Passat), which was introduced recently. By the way, let’s add that the Chinese market benefits from specific models, ID.4 X, ID.6 Crozz and finally ID.6 X. In such a short time, the German manufacturer has not been idle, and the development of electricity remains one of its priorities. Unfortunately, despite these efforts, the ID.4 plant is down and the manufacturer had to find a solution…
Staff reduction
Since, the manufacturer has no choice but to cut teams at its Emden plant, where the model is produced. Next 300 CDD contracts of 1,500 on the site will not be renewed next August. This was reported by Manfred Wolf, the chairman of the company’s works council. Others could extend their vacation. In addition, production ID.7a new large electric sedan intended to replace the Passat would be postponed until the end of the year “as a precaution”. It was originally expected to go into production this summer. Let’s hope that the appearance of the new updated ID.3 and 7-seater ID.Buzz will give a boost to the sales of electric cars of the brand…
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Source: Auto Plus
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