Software woes delay launch of VW's next-gen tech platform by up to four years car auto cars
“There will be great cars on that platform… that gives us a little flexibility to postpone 2.0 to 2027, 2028,” said Antlitz.A major cause of consternation for the Volkswagen empire, Cariad was supposed to bring all of the automaker’sin-house. That would allow it to build a platform specifically for its needs, and one that could be used in every vehicle it made.
However, problems have long plagued it, and fixing Cariad has been one of CEO Oliver Blume’s primary focuses since inheriting the role in September. To that end, the subsidiary’s leader, Dirk Hilgenberg, is being replaced by Peter Bosch, Bentley’s production chief, and he will be joined by two software experts to stack its management board.
“This will be a very strong team that focuses on the turnaround of Cariad,” Antlitz said, who added that Cariad is looking for external help to slow the rate at which it’s burning through cash. That should also
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