According to foreign media reports, Volkswagen Group is preparing to launch the next generation of electric vehicles based on a new platform in 2028, and its brands are striving to keep up with Chinese competitors in the electric vehicle race.
, According to the German “Handelsblatt” report, Thomas Schaefer, head of Volkswagen’s brand, said at the VW Golf anniversary event: “This is our new architecture and we plan to start using it from 2028.
” He means the SSP platform.
, Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume suspended plans for the SSP platform when he replaced former CEO Herbert Diess in 2022 due to software development problems that delayed the plan.
In March this year, Blume announced that Volkswagen would launch its first software-defined car by 2028.
Photo source: Volkswagen,SSP architecture will be based on the latest generation of software from Cariad, a software subsidiary of Volkswagen Group.
, The Business Daily said that Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche will adopt different versions of the SSP architecture, which will allow vehicles to charge in about 12 minutes and support L4 autonomous driving.
The first Volkswagen Group model to benefit from SSP will be the Volkswagen Trinity electric flagship model, which will be produced in Zwickau, Saxony.
, The eighth-generation model of Volkswagen’s iconic Golf will be a pure electric model launched based on the SSP platform and will continue to be produced at its factory in Wolfsburg, Germany.
, Photo source: Volkswagen, since software is the top priority of the new platform, Volkswagen hopes to avoid the problems that have plagued the release of new models in the past.
, Volkswagen hopes that the new SSP architecture will reduce development costs while promoting sales of electric vehicles.
Currently, a team of developers and managers from Cariad, Audi and Volkswagen is developing the new SSP architecture in Silicon Valley and Germany.
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