Inertia of the infotainment system and response to touch inputs
Functional reliability of some assistance systems e.g. the
rear view camera, the parking aid
"Popping up" of many error messages not comprehensible by the drivers
VW Brand CEO Brandstätter on the question about Software issues of vehicles
(...) We have entered new territory. We are taking the bold, but also the difficult path. We have fundamentally redeveloped the latest generation of automobiles on a blank sheet of paper. (...)
VW CEO Brandstätter contined
"(..) That meant a steep learning curve for us especially in terms of the digital customer experience. We have now put that behind us. The biggest challenge was the new software architecture. We had to build up a massive amount of expertise for this"
VWs Chip shortage more severe than the public knows?
VW Purchasing Manager
"The hassle is huge. If the supplier didn't have a chip problem in their supply chain, we would get our ECUs."
VW continued
"If a supplier does not believe our figures & consults a forecasting institute that for whatever reason assesses the situation differently than our experts & therefore orders less in its input material chain, this could be an explanation for the current situation"
The VW purchasing Manager described the consequences
"At the moment, we have no chance of using alternatives for certain components from a purely technical point of view. In addition, we cannot retrofit certain electronic components."
"Instead of fudging its climate balance sheet with self-registrations, VW should quickly get out of the climate-damaging diesel and gasoline business."
"A particularly large number of ID.3s, VW's electric flagship, remained in the group's possession: The manufacturer and its dealers accounted for almost one in four registrations of the model (24 %) in Europe."
13,560 ID.3s never left VW but are declared sold
Greenpeace explained that In Germany, the share of own registrations was 35 %!
The VW Group sells more than 90% climate-damaging diesel & gas engines & has formed a pool with smaller manufacturers of EVs in order to be able to reduce the average emissions of newly sold cars
VW's increase of BEVs is driven by e.g. dealership vehicle registrations and only partly by customers who bought it spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unt…
According to the Greenpeace report VW has registered through Dealers in Europe
20.5 % of all BEVs & 21.7 % of all PHEVs
That's a total of just over 65,000 electrified cars they claim to have sold but didn't!
A scandal & another cheating of consumers, public, media & customers
Greenpeace states that VWs practice to register 65k electrified vehicles by dealers saved them €140m in fines
"Instead of fudging its climate balance sheet with self-registrations VW should quickly get out of the climate-damaging business with diesel & gasoline-powered cars"