BERLIN — Audi, Porsche and Bentley may very well be compelled to delay key new electrical autos due to continued issues at father or mother Volkswagen Group’s software program subsidiary Cariad.
Audi’s new flagship EV, previewed final 12 months with the Grandsphere idea and being developed below VW Group’s high-tech Artemis program, will not launch till 2027, three years later than deliberate, sources instructed Automobilwoche, an Automotive Information affiliate in Germany.
Bentley’s plan to promote solely EVs by 2030 is trying uncertain, the sources additionally stated.
Porsche’s new electrical Macan and a sibling mannequin, the Audi Q6 E-tron, are additionally threatened with delays. Each are scheduled to launch subsequent 12 months.
Cariad is much delayed in growing software program for the fashions, in response to Automobilwoche.
Audi’s Artemis venture was speculated to undertake and introduce second-generation software program, able to hands-free Stage four automated driving, as early as 2024. Now, the primary manufacturing Artemis automobile, internally known as Landjet, will launch after Volkswagen’s Trinity electrical flagship sedan, in response to firm sources. VW is constructing a manufacturing facility in Wolfsburg, Germany, to provide the Trinity beginning in 2026.
Audi’s manufacturing automobile from Artemis will launch on the finish of 2026 on the earliest, and extra doubtless 2027, in response to sources.
