Volkswagen software program unit Cariad will seemingly carry its subsequent technology 2.0 platform to market in the direction of 2027 or 2028, its chief monetary officer mentioned at a Monetary Occasions convention on Thursday.
The software program would allow so-called Degree 4 autonomous driving and was attributable to be applied throughout the fleet from 2026 however its growth has suffered delays.
Arno Antlitz mentioned the corporate first wished to focus on the model of the platform that shall be applied from subsequent 12 months in premium electrical fashions just like the e-Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron.
“There shall be nice automobiles on that platform… that offers us just a little flexibility to postpone [2.0] to 2027, 2028,” he added, confirming a Reuters report final 12 months that the platform could be pushed again to the top of the last decade.
Volkswagen earlier this week appointed Bentley manufacturing chief Peter Bosch to steer Cariad, which has been dogged by delays and overspending because it was arrange by former chief govt Herbert Diess.
“This shall be a really sturdy crew that focuses on the turnaround of Cariad,” Antlitz mentioned on Thursday, including that the intention was to rely extra on exterior companions and do much less in-house to scale back money burn because the carmaker makes an attempt to construct up its software program experience.
Volkswagen’s final aim is a unified software program and electronics structure for all VW group autos. It should depend on Qualcomm “system on a chip” semiconductors in Europe and North America, and in China will use super-chips developed with Chinese language associate Horizon Robotics.
