The latest Manager Magazin article about VW & its attempt to match Tesla confirms my most negatives views of VW and corrects some of the positives I had to neutral
The situation is worse than expected
Recommended read for all Germans
I'll likely tweet about it in the next days
The situation is worse than expected
Recommended read for all Germans
I'll likely tweet about it in the next days
Every brand in the VW Group has selected its own cell formats & purchased them separately🤦♂️
That has led to 20 different 🔋 battery cell formats & internal chaos
Schmall Resort Technology
"the strategy for the future concept is not quite in place yet. We still need 1-2 months"
That has led to 20 different 🔋 battery cell formats & internal chaos
Schmall Resort Technology
"the strategy for the future concept is not quite in place yet. We still need 1-2 months"
Diess is internally still not very much liked. One issue is that he continues to hire BMW Managers expanding his network with former colleagues
When Diess heard that Tesla intends to reduce battery costs by 50% he said
Diess, "It must be possible for us to match that"
When Diess heard that Tesla intends to reduce battery costs by 50% he said
Diess, "It must be possible for us to match that"
Early in 2020 partly more than 10k Engineers were active to rescue the ID.3 according to the report & Porsche & Audi had to help
OTA which was declared a duty was an illusion & SW stability simply didn't exists
With 12week projects & 14day sprint developments VW tried to fix it
OTA which was declared a duty was an illusion & SW stability simply didn't exists
With 12week projects & 14day sprint developments VW tried to fix it
Ulbrich booked rooms outside VW & locked supplier & internal people to fix the issues with sprint projects
Ulbrich "We worked faster and more efficiently in the bootcamps than in the old organization"
The problem: the old organization is still in place but the Bootcamp is gone
Ulbrich "We worked faster and more efficiently in the bootcamps than in the old organization"
The problem: the old organization is still in place but the Bootcamp is gone
In 2019 Herbert Diess promised to the investor community a market cap of €200bn in 2020, today it's about €88bn
On board-level the new target is discussed at €250bn
The gap between wishful thinking and reality is widening and those situations never had a positive end
On board-level the new target is discussed at €250bn
The gap between wishful thinking and reality is widening and those situations never had a positive end
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