Volkswagen will begin increasing the production capacity of the e-Golf at its facilities in Europe starting in March 2018, company spokespersons recently revealed. The plan is reportedly for the daily production capacity to be increased from 35 to 70 cars a day. “To meet higher demand for the (Volkswagen) e-Golf, production capacity at the Transparent Factory is to be increased. From March 2018, production is to increase step-by-step from 35 to 70 vehicles per day. The plant will switch from single-shift operation to 2-shift operation in the course of this change,” a statement on the matter read. To put those figures in a different context, this means that monthly production will increase from around 1,050 units to 2,100 units. In other words, the plans are very doable, and considerably less ambitious than the production capacity increases for electric vehicles now being implemented by Nissan, Hyundai, and Tesla (obviously, Tesla is facing some growing pains in this regard).
To provide a bit more explanation of the plans here, Samsung SDI’s new electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Hungary is expected to begin operating sometime around March. Samsung SDI is the company’s key battery supplier in Europe. Push EVs provides more: “The new Samsung SDI factory will not only produce the 120 Ah BEV2 battery cells to be used in the BMW i3, but also the PHEV2 type to be used in Volkswagen plug-in cars. “Anyway, Samsung SDI have showed their 50 Ah PHEV2 battery cells in April last year and said the following: ‘Samsung SDI exhibited various types of cells and modules including 37Ah, 50Ah, 94Ah, 120Ah, and more. 50Ah cell has improved capacity by 35% compared to 37Ah cell, and 120Ah by 28% compared to 94Ah. In particular, 37Ah and 50Ah cells, and 94Ah and 120Ah cells are applied the same standard type modules, respectively. Unless Volkswagen plans on very poor e-Golf sales following the release of long-range EV offerings such as the new Nissan Leaf, the Tesla Model 3, etc., then the model will likely need a battery pack upgrade sometime next year. That would lead one to think that the 48.4 kWh option — made possibly by the use of 50 Ah Samsung SDI cells — is likely within the near future. James Ayre James Ayre's background is predominantly in geopolitics and history, but he has an obsessive interest in pretty much everything. After an early life spent in the Imperial Free City of Dortmund, James followed the river Ruhr to Cofbuokheim, where he attended the University of Astnide. And where he also briefly considered entering the coal mining business. He currently writes for a living, on a broad variety of subjects, ranging from science, to politics, to military history, to renewable energy. Seoul, Guangzhou, NYC, Hong Kong, Los Angeles Top List Of Cities With Largest Carbon Footprints. How Does Your City Rank?
About 20 years ago, before my TireKicking days, I worked at KTVK in Phoenix with a reporter named Jay DeDapper. Jay seemed even in those pre-cyber days to have his own Bluetooth and Twitter connections in his brain. He'd know about the best new restaurant in any major city 30 seconds before it opened. Barnes & Noble staff was unpacking the boxes. Needless to say, I listened. Well, Jay (no surprise) was right. Hertz now had two finicky reporters from Phoenix to deal with. Nissan called the Maxima "The Four Door Sports Car" or "4DSC" in those days. And they were very nearly right. For the times, nothing came close, unless you wanted to up the ante to maybe a 5-series BMW. And our expense accounts, even in those free-spending days for TV news, had limits. 2009 brought a new Maxima (the top of the line is now the SV instead of the SE), and the return of the "Four Door Sports Car" label. And while size, weight and complexity (find a car that hasn't added all three in the past decade and a half), it's very close to the old one in spirit. A 24-valve V6 makes 290 horsepower, but with a Continuously Variable Transmission, manages to get 19 miles per gallon in the city and 26 on the highway. It rolls on 18 inch alloy wheels. Moonroof, fog lights, leather, power everything and a nine-speaker audio system are all standard. 33,900. A real bargain for what you get. Is it as good as the '89-'94? Not in terms of sheer driving pleasure. But it's a great base to work from. If Nissan's engineers are allowed to evolve and refine it, this one could be even better. 35K. But the loaded one is so well equipped and so nice to live with, that I wouldn't talk you out of going for it. 40,000 is one heckuva deal.
VW body kit accessories are a popular way to change the look of your car. Add your Volkswagen bodykits, VW exterior accessories, VW body part replacements and new Volkwagen body panels today! We have VW front bumper options, VW rear bumper add-ons and VW OEM replacement front bumpers too! We have VW side skirts, Volkswagen body kit parts and more! Top it off with VW spoilers. We have Volkswagen OEM spoiler replacements in all shapes and sizes. VW factory replacement wing options include: Volkswagen custom fit spoilers, VW fiberglass wings and Volkswagen carbon fiber spoilers. VW bolt-on lip, spoilers and other Volkswagen aftermarket wings are all here! Pick the perfect one today! See the road in a new light with VW OEM headlight replacements, Volkswagon headlights and the new VW HID headlights! Replace those broken VW OEM headlamps with new Volkswagen projector headlights, VW HID headlights or even Volkswagen angel eyes halo headlights and you'll love the new look!
Volkswagen aftermarket headlights are here! Change the look of the rear end with new VW tail lights. We have the best Volkswagen tail lights on the planet. Our selection includes Volkswagen aftermarket tail lights, VW black euro tail lights and Volkswagon clear tail lights. Another cool option are the VW LED tail lights, VW aftermarket tail light replacements and VW smoked tail lights! We have them all! MyHotVW has the best selection of VW parts, custom Volkswagen parts and cool aftermarket accessories. Outfit your V-Dub with Volkswagon interior accessories or bolt-on Volkswagen exterior accessories to make it stand out. We carry every VW accessory you can imagine. We have VW OEM interior replacement parts, interior upgrades, VW Lug nuts and more! Make it sound sweet with VW exhaust. We have tons of Volkswagen exhaust options like VW headers, Volkswagon cat back exhaust systems and VW replacement exhaust. Bolt-on power with VW stainless aftermarket exhaust, VW catback exhaust, VW test pipe and VW exhaust manifold race headers.
