HEADLINE #1 : "AUDI LOSES ITS 2020 DOMINANCE OF NORWAY MARKET"
Audi slipped EIGHT PLACES down from its undoubted Market Leadership position in 2020
Tesla takes TOP TWO positions in 2021 Q3
"Ford eats VW's lunch" says noted analyst GJ 007
HEADLINE #2 "VW STRUGGLES TO RESIST HEATED COMPETITION FROM SKODA IN 2021"
The upstart brand races past VW's failing ID.3 and overtakes weak competition from the losing Audi eTron as its volume collapses after a successful 2020
Now Skoda looks to take leadership from VW ID.4
HEADLINE #3 : "VW ID.4 CANNOT MATCH THE CHALLENGE FROM FORD"
Emissions Cheating Group relegated to the back of the class in 2021 Q3
"It's a Busted Growth Story" says noted analyst GJ 007
Is this be the Beginning of the End for VW's ambitions ?
- even Hyundai beats 4 out of 5
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General Motors and Ford Motor said Thursday they will cut additional production because of the nagging semiconductor shortage that has hit global auto production reuters.com/business/autos…
GM, the largest U.S. automaker, said it will extend by two weeks a halt to Chevrolet Blazer sport utility vehicle production at its Ramos plant in Mexico because of the ongoing chips shortage as it resumes production at other North American plants
GM said production will resume Monday at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant that builds the Chevrolet Camaro and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5
Cadillac production has been halted at the Michigan plant since May
No federal agency regulates passenger safety on private spaceflights.
In a scalding open letter, a group of current and former Blue Origin employees said they would not fly aboard the company's rocket because they don't think it's safe enough
Jeff Bezos, who founded the company in 2000, launched to the edge of space aboard its New Shepard rocket in July
Since that flight, Blue Origin has opened ticket sales, and four customers are scheduled to launch on October 12
Just to reiterate my Q3 position and refresh my Q4 and Full Year positions :
Q3 : 250,000 units +/-
Q4 : 268,000 units with +29,500 Wild Card
Full Year : 904,000 with +29,500 Wild Card
In my carefully considered opinion, there is no real reason now to have a meaningful difference between Production and Deliveries except for any ships at sea around the quarter-end
- whether they are sent before or just after the quarter close
- in other words, "in transit"
The Wild Card is dependent on the Shanghai Model Y production rate with 4 full shifts
- the extra amount assumes 1,000 units per 24-hour day or 6,700 units per working week
- we should know this during the quarter or through capacity guidance from Tesla's Q3 Report
Volkswagen Group China has commenced construction of a battery system production factory in Hefei, Anhui province, and will invest over EUR 140 million until 2025 in the new plant and facilities
VW Anhui Components Company is the first battery system plant to be wholly owned by VW Group in China
Capacity will be 150,000 to 180,000 high-voltage battery systems for Volkswagen Anhui’s all-electric vehicles based on the Group’s Modular Electric Drive Toolkit MEB platform
With an area of over 45,000 square meters, the plant will be located next to the production facilities of Volkswagen Anhui, Volkswagen’s first majority-owned joint venture for all-electric vehicles