Volkswagen is postponing the release of specific versions of the all-electric ID 3 because the car’s software isn’t prepared, affirming months reports from German outlets like Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Manager Magazine about the organization’s battle to bring its first mass-produced electric vehicle to market.
Individuals who preordered the “limited edition” version of the electric vehicle will begin accepting them as ahead of schedule as one week from now, as indicated by VW. In any case, clients purchasing the more generally accessible (and more affordable) versions of the ID 3 should hold up a few months longer. VW will ship some ID 3s in September, however, the organization’s App-Connect infotainment system and the car’s heads-up display won’t be enacted until a software update shows up. What’s more, VW says it won’t begin shipping full-featured versions of the ID 3 until closer to the end of the year.
It’s a black eye for the project, and it’s one reason why VW CEO Herbert Diess was deprived of his role at the brand this week. (Diess is as yet leading the bigger Volkswagen Group.) Diess was likewise purportedly expelled from the CEO position due to issues with the launch of the new Golf, and due to a series of missteps on his watch, similar to a racist ad released not long ago.
At the point when the Volkswagen Group laid off a large number of factory line laborers early a year ago, the organization said it was all the while making a huge number of new software jobs to help compensate for any shortfall. Furthermore, in September 2019, the organization told providers that it would deal with software development itself — reverberating the methodology that Tesla takes.
In any case, the organization has overpowered itself, as Manager Magazine revealed in December 2019 that VW decided to push ahead with building some ID 3s with inadequate software. Presently, the most ideal situation is that the exceptionally significant vehicle — the first in a deep lineup of all-electric ID-branded vehicles — is going to stagger out of the gate.
