German automotive concern Volkswagen has announced that it will postpone until September deliveries to customers of its flagship electric vehicle ID.3 due to problems with the software.
the Company will start taking pre-orders for the first 30,000 electric vehicles since June 17, however, supplies an early version of an electric vehicle without the range of features will begin in September. Version ID.3 with full package of options will not be available until the end of the year.
Volkswagen had to postpone its sale for the second time, the first time the delay was caused by a coronavirus pandemic.
connectivity to the Internet provides that owners of electric cars will be able to update it independently, without the need to contact the dealership. The opportunity for Tesla provides. Meanwhile, Volkswagen engineers responsible for FOR, at the moment are unable to establish an uninterrupted connection of an electric vehicle applications based on cloud services that the company is developing jointly with Microsoft.
"Working in the difficult conditions of the pandemic in the last few months is a significant challenge for the entire team ID.3. It makes the upcoming release of ID.3 market even more important," said a member of the Board of management of Volkswagen Thomas Ulbrich responsible for the development of electric vehicles.
ID.3 was conceived as an alternative to Tesla in the mass market. The company expects that ID.3 will become as popular in the mass market, as the legendary model Beetle and Golf cars.
