Volkswagen To Gain A Competitive EV Advantage With A New Architecture It Developed With XPeng
Volkswagen To Gain A Competitive EV Advantage With A New Architecture It Developed With XPeng
On Wednesday, Volkswagen AG (OTC:VWAGY) revealed that together with its Chinese EV partner, XPeng Inc (NYSE:XPEV), they have developed a new architecture for EVs. The EV pioneer Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been leading the market when it comes to architecture that reduces the wiring and components in an electric vehicle to lower the cost of its manufacturing, but with the help of XPeng, Volkswagen will finally be able to compete with Tesla on the cost efficiency front.
週三，大衆汽車公司（場外交易代碼：VWAGY）透露，他們與其中國電動汽車合作伙伴小鵬公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：XPEV）一起開發了一種新的電動汽車架構。電動汽車先驅特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）在減少電動汽車佈線和組件以降低其製造成本的架構方面一直處於市場領先地位，但在小鵬的幫助下，大衆汽車終於能夠在成本效益方面與特斯拉競爭。
The new architecture will enable Volkswagen to offer more affordable EVs.
新架構將使大衆汽車能夠提供更實惠的電動汽車。
Through a central computer and a zonal structure, the architecture controls all electronics to achieve functionssuch as autonomous driving. By reducing the number of control units, the China Electrical Architecture (CEA) will help Volkswagen achieve a cost reduction target of 40% for its China-developed platform compared to its German-developed MEB platform. Volkswagen plans to use the CEA in locally developed Volkswagen-branded EVs from 2026.
該架構通過中央計算機和分區結構控制所有電子設備以實現自動駕駛等功能。通過減少控制單元的數量，中國電氣架構（CEA）將幫助大衆汽車實現其在中國開發的平台與德國開發的MEB平台相比降低40％的成本目標。大衆汽車計劃從2026年起在本地開發的大衆品牌電動汽車中使用CEA。
A big step in the Xpeng-Volkswagen partnership.
Xpeng-Volkswagen合作關係邁出了一大步。
This is quite a milestone in Volkswagen's development of intelligent connected vehicles for the Chinese market, as the European automaker accelerates its "In China, for China" strategy. When Volkswagen forged a partnership with XPeng last year by buying 4.99% of XPeng, they planned to jointly launch two Volkswagen-branded EV models by 2026, using XPeng's G9 Edward platform. By joining forces, XPeng and Volkswagen expected to reduce costs and slash development time by 30%.
這是大衆汽車爲中國市場開發智能網聯汽車的一個重要里程碑，因爲這家歐洲汽車製造商正在加快其 “在中國，爲中國” 的戰略。去年，當大衆汽車通過收購小鵬4.99％的股份與小鵬建立合作伙伴關係時，他們計劃使用小鵬的G9 Edward平台在2026年之前共同推出兩款大衆汽車品牌的電動汽車車型。通過聯手，小鵬和大衆汽車有望降低成本並將開發時間縮短30％。
Lowering the cost of its EV-making by 40% will also help Volkswagen in its efforts to regain its status in China as back in 2022, it got dethroned as the best-selling brand by local EV maker who is also giving Tesla a headache, BYD Company Limited (OTC:BYDDY).
將電動汽車製造成本降低40％也將有助於大衆汽車努力恢復其在中國的地位。早在2022年，大衆汽車就被本土電動汽車製造商比亞迪有限公司（場外交易代碼：BYDDY）取代了最暢銷品牌的地位，這也讓特斯拉感到頭疼。
BYD is rapidly expanding its offerings, challenging Tesla and Jeep at the same time.
比亞迪正在迅速擴大其產品範圍，同時挑戰特斯拉和吉普。
To compete across market segments, BYD unveiled three new cars for its Fang Cheng Bao brand on Tuesday. BYD launched the Fang Cheng Bao brand last summer to focus on personalized need of consumers, especially for off-road and sports vehicles. With the new vehicles, namely an off-road SUV, an SUV forcity driving and a sports car, it is going both against Tesla on the premium end of the market as well as Jeep in the off-road segment. Therefore, despite Volkswagen's efforts, and the fact the first of the two cars it will develop with XPeng will be an SUV to join this race, Volkswagen is in for a tough EV race.
爲了跨細分市場競爭，比亞迪週二爲其方程寶品牌推出了三款新車。比亞迪去年夏天推出了方成寶品牌，專注於消費者的個性化需求，尤其是越野車和運動車的需求。有了這些新車，即越野SUV、用於城市駕駛的SUV和跑車，它既在高端市場上對抗特斯拉，在越野領域也與吉普對抗。因此，儘管大衆汽車做出了努力，而且事實上它將與小鵬合作開發的兩款汽車中的第一輛將是參加這場競賽的SUV，但大衆汽車仍將面臨一場艱難的電動汽車競賽。
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