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We're almost at the end of the first month of the Volkswagen scandal, which now includes 11 million cars and Leonardo DiCaprio. VW's US boss has testified to Congress, blaming a few rogue software engineers. All the while, questions have raged about VW Group's future: which projects are safe, which ones are on the chopping block, and how exactly will the company recover from this?
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VW's board has finally started to answer some of those swirling questions. For starters, there's going to be much more emphasis on electrification. Electric vehicles and hybrids have played more of a bit part at VW, compared to Toyota, GM, and domestic rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz. That's going to change with a standard electric architecture that can be used across multiple vehicles and brands.VW Group isn't devoid of hybrid and EV know-how. Audi's Le Mans program has taught it a lot about high voltage automotive systems, and Porsche has a wealth of experience from the 918 Spyder, Panamera Hybrid, and even the 919 Hybrid racer. VW would be smart to leverage all these programs.
VW is the largest car company in Europe. This is what sudden, disruptive technological change looks like.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 16 2015, @02:05PM
You don't appear to be thinking this through, very far. If you're producing most or all of your own electricity, then "Big Electric" can't screw you very badly. The worst that you can be screwed, is if the electric company won't pay you for your excess production. But, I think some laws have already been passed to prevent that. The worst situation seems to be that you buy electricity for X/Kwh, but you sell for 1/2 X/Kwh. But, even so, they can't screw you to terribly if you're producing more than you use.
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