Volkswagen Group Know-how is the central know-how provider for the electrical automobiles based mostly of the Volkswagen Group. Within the case of the ID.7, Volkswagen’s new flagship, the division contributes round 40 p.c of the full worth added – together with a very new, extremely environment friendly electrical drive era.
This was introduced by Thomas Schmall, Member of the Board of Administration of Group Know-how, on the Vienna Motor Symposium 2023. Since September 2020, Volkswagen Group Know-how has already outfitted greater than 580,000 MEB automobiles of the Group with high-tech parts, making it one of many largest suppliers on the planet of e-mobility.
Thomas Schmall, Member of the board of administration of Volkswagen AG for Know-how: “Our objective is to be the know-how chief in e-mobility as properly. That’s the reason we deal with scalability, aggressive vertical integration and the additional growth of our complete inside competencies. In doing so, we counting on our many years of expertise within the improvement of technologically main, aggressive parts for combustion know-how and on our sturdy place in e-mobility, which we’ve successively established over the previous years.”
New, extremely environment friendly APP550 electrical driveIn the ID.7, the fully new, extremely environment friendly drive era debuted below the interior designation APP550, which is characterised by greater efficiency and improved effectivity. With 210 kW (286 hp), it’s the strongest electrical motor within the MEB thus far and helps the ID.7 obtain a variety of as much as 700 kilometers (WLTP).
Technically, the unit depends, amongst different issues, on an enhanced stator with the next efficient variety of windings and a bigger wire cross-section. The rotor as its counterpart is provided with extra highly effective and extra resilient everlasting magnets. Using particular electrical sheets and new machining processes additionally ensures an optimized total system with elevated effectivity.
The brand new unit was developed in collaboration with Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles’ Technical Growth and also will be utilized in different MEB fashions sooner or later. Manufacturing takes place on the Volkswagen Group Know-how web site in Kassel. Kassel is the Group-wide competence heart for the electrical drive system and now has round 15 years of expertise within the improvement of electrical drives.
Along with the electrical drive, Volkswagen Group Know-how develops and produces an entire vary of different tech parts for the MEB fashions of the Group manufacturers. The vegetation in Braunschweig, Kassel, Salzgitter and Hanover provide the battery system, axle methods and chassis.
Outlook: Subsequent-generation full drive systemVolkswagen Group Know-how is presently working with Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles on the electrical drive system of the longer term. To this finish, Volkswagen is taking additional parts into its personal fingers and can be growing the heart beat inverter and thermal administration itself. The primary pulse inverter “designed by Volkswagen” is presently being developed for sequence manufacturing and may already be used with the subsequent MEB era. Because of the modular precept, the complete vary from entry-level engines to sports activities vehicles with 500 kW and extra output may be realized sooner or later. The Volkswagen drive system gives appreciable price and effectivity benefits: as much as 20 p.c extra effectivity is feasible by the optimum mixture of particular person parts.
Volkswagen Group Know-how bundles the Group-wide actions within the areas of batteries, charging and e-components and helps the manufacturers as a group-wide know-how provider. The subsidiaries PowerCo (battery) and Elli (charging & power) are additionally related right here. The high-tech portfolio contains the unified cell, which will probably be produced by PowerCo from 2025 and can set a brand new benchmark in battery know-how. The division additionally contains the Platform Enterprise, which incorporates cooperation with exterior companions comparable to Ford and Mahindra.
Could 1, 2023