大众汽车将把数十亿美元的电动汽车开发预算用于燃气发动机

随着向电动汽车转变的放缓，其九位数的电动汽车预算的整整三分之一将用于保持燃气发动机的相关性。

美国东部时间2024年6月7日凌晨4：39

作者：Adrian Padeanuhttps://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/Oo3ePB/s3/vw-golf-gti-1979.jpg

公平地说，向电动汽车的过渡并不像一些汽车制造商预测的那样进行。在可预见的未来，一些汽车制造商正在推迟他们成为纯电动汽车的崇高目标。就在去年，大众汽车估计，到本世纪末，电动汽车将占欧洲年销量的80%。ID车型的马马虎虎，促使大众修改了战略。

在 2023 年主要用于下一代电动汽车的 1800 亿欧元（1960 亿美元）中，这家德国品牌现在将使用三分之一继续开发内燃机。该公告来自大众汽车集团首席财务官兼首席运营官Arno Antlitz。该公司打算花费大约600亿欧元（650亿美元）来“保持我们的内燃机汽车的竞争力”。https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/G3nEW8/s1/vw-golf-gti-clubsport-2024.jpg

在路透社在慕尼黑举行的一次活动中，首席财务官兼首席运营官补充说：“未来是电动的，但过去还没有结束。这是三分之一，而且会一直保持三分之一。这与 2022 年底宣布的从 2033 年起仅在欧洲生产和销售电动汽车的计划截然不同。

去年，大众品牌老板托马斯·舍费尔（Thomas Schäfer）将内燃机称为电子燃料领域的“旧技术”。他将围绕合成燃料的讨论描述为“不必要的噪音”。尽管大众集团旗下品牌保时捷（Porsche）在智利的一家工厂积极参与生产合成燃料。

大众帝国的其他高端品牌也在密切关注可持续燃料的发展。布加迪甚至正在考虑设计可以安装在车主家中并充满合成燃料的加油站。兰博基尼认为，通过让内燃机使用化石燃料以外的其他燃料可以挽救内燃机。宾利还在探索近乎碳中和的燃料。

说到这家总部位于克鲁的品牌，宾利已经推迟了到 2030 年成为纯电动汽车的目标，将其推迟了三年。同样，福特不再认为到2030年它可以在欧洲实现完全电动化。阿斯顿·马丁最近也改变了方向，并将在未来十年继续生产内燃机汽车。

很明显，越来越多的汽车公司正在重新评估他们的电动汽车战略，因为人们还不愿意放弃内燃机。汽车制造商正处于相当困境中，因为排放法规越来越严格，需要投资才能使燃气发动机运行更清洁。与此同时，来自中国的电动攻势引起了全球参与者的关注。

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热门评论

J 淡水河谷2024年6月7日 下午10：39

如果他在 9 日没有拿到 560 亿美元，他就出局了，特斯拉就完蛋了。以及其他所有加入电动汽车潮流的人。

约翰·乔治·鲍尔-布伊斯2024年6月9日 上午3：33

虽然超级充电站网络的增长放缓将损害所有电动汽车的销售，但不会阻止它们。现在，如果政府开始对电动汽车征税，那将真正扼杀该细分市场的增长。

索拉曼22024年6月7日 下午11：17

如果他在 9 日没有拿到 560 亿美元，他就出局了，特斯拉就完蛋了。以及其他所有加入电动汽车潮流的人。

你的包容谬误在很多层面上都存在着巨大的缺陷。BEV是可行的技术，未来的问题是更多的公共充电基础设施，以及在车辆层面，现在可用的优质电池组化学成分，需要认真采用和开发生产线，以允许大规模生产优质电池组。

霍罗德1822024年6月9日 上午2：36

我认为，尽管增长放缓，但电动汽车的整体销量仍然相当健康。忘记环保标签，我喜欢电动汽车的即时扭矩和性能。我还能在哪里买到一辆 11 秒的 四分之一 英里汽车，在高速公路上仍然达到 100mpge？更不用说嘈杂的汽油车了，当你试图加速时，只会得到警察的错误注意。因此，如果您真的喜欢快速驾驶，那么电动汽车很难被击败。

约翰·乔治·鲍尔-布伊斯2024年6月9日 上午3：31

点对点。

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VW Will Spend Billions of Its EV Development Budget on Gas Engines

A full third of its nine-figure EV budget will be used to keep gas engines relevant as the switch to EVs slows.

Jun 7, 2024 at 4:39am ET

By: Adrian Padeanu

It's fair to say the transition to EVs isn't going as some automakers had projected. Several car manufacturers are delaying their lofty goals to become purely electric in the foreseeable future. Just last y, Volkswagen estimated that EVs would account for as much as 80 percent of annual sales in Europe by the end of the decade. The so-so reception of ID models has prompted VW to revise its strategy.

Of the €180 billion ($196 billion) set aside in 2023 primarily for next-generation EVs, the German brand will now use one-third to continue the development of combustion engines. The announcement comes from Arno Antlitz, the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at the Volkswagen Group. The company intends to spend roughly €60 billion ($65 billion) to "keep our combustion cars competitive."

Speaking at an event held by Reuters in Munich, the CFO and COO added that "the future is electric, but the past is not over. It is a third and it will stay a third." It's a stark departure from the previous plan announced in late 2022 to build and sell only electric cars in Europe from 2033.

Last year, VW brand boss Thomas Schäfer referred to ICE as being "old technology" in the context of e-fuels. He described the discussions surrounding synthetic fuels as being nothing more than "unnecessary noise." That's despite the fact fellow VW Group brand Porsche is actively involved in producing synthetic fuel at a factory in Chile.

Other high-end marques from the VW empire are also keeping a close eye on how sustainable fuels evolve. Bugatti is even thinking of designing fuel stations that could be installed at the owner's home and filled up with synthetic fuel. Lamborghini believes the combustion engine could be saved by making it run on something other than fossil fuels. Bentley is also exploring nearly carbon-neutral fuels.

Speaking of the Crewe-based marque, Bentley has pushed back its objective to become EV-only by 2030, delaying it by three years. Similarly, Ford no longer thinks it can go entirely electric in Europe by 2030. Aston Martin recently reversed course as well and will continue to produce cars with combustion engines into the next decade.

It's clear that more and more car companies are reevaluating their EV strategies as people aren't willing to let go of ICE just yet. Automakers are in quite a predicament because emissions regulations are getting tighter, requiring investments to make gas engines run cleaner. At the same time, the electric offensive from China is a cause for concern for global players.

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TOP COMMENTS

J ValeJun 7, 2024, 10:39 PM

If he doesn't get his $56B on the 9th, he's out and Tesla is screwed. As well as everyone else that jumped on the EV bandwagon.

John George Bauer-BuisJun 9, 2024, 3:33 AM

While a slowdown in growth for the Supercharger network will harm all EV sales, it will not stop them. Now, if governments started taxing EVs more, that would really kill growth in the segment.

Solarman2Jun 7, 2024, 11:17 PM

If he doesn't get his $56B on the 9th, he's out and Tesla is screwed. As well as everyone else that jumped on the EV bandwagon.

Your fallacy of inclusion is magnificently flawed on so many levels. BEVs are viable technology, the problem moving forward is more public charging infrastructure and at the vehicle level superior battery pack chemistries that are available now and need serious adoption and development of manufacturing lines to allow mass manufacture of the superior battery packs.

hotrod182Jun 9, 2024, 2:36 AM

I thought overall EV sales are still pretty healthy even though growth has slowed down. And forget the eco-friendly tag, I love EVs for the instant torque and performance. Where else am I going to get a mid 11 second qtr mile car that still gets 100mpge on the highway? Not to mention noisy gas cars just get the wrong attention from the cops when you are trying to accelerate. So if you really like to drive fast, EVs are hard to beat.

John George Bauer-BuisJun 9, 2024, 3:31 AM

Spot on.

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