China's energy storage network news: Volkswagen once again substantially raised the priority of the electric vehicle strategy. The model R & D budget was increased by 100% to 20 billion euros.
What's more, an additional 50 billion euros will be spent to build a power battery factory. Ningde times and BYD have noticed that Volkswagen claims to jointly develop solid-state batteries with its partners.
Since the battery cell of Tesla power battery has been upgraded to 2170, it means that the formula of ternary lithium battery "811" has been formally put into mass production. The specific energy of the core will reach 300wh / kg, and it is very difficult to upgrade.
In the next stage of squeezing the energy density of power battery, the industry believes that the way out is solid-state battery. Previously, Toyota claimed to make a breakthrough in solid-state batteries, which was mocked by musk. If this time, as Mueller said, the mass production of solid-state lithium batteries in 2025.
This means that all power battery manufacturers, such as those without mass-produced solid-state batteries in 2025, will be driven out of the market. This is a disruptive change.
On September 11 local time, German auto Weekly reported that Volkswagen announced its large-scale electric vehicle development plan "roadmap e". By 2030, all models of Volkswagen will have electric versions, with an investment of 50 billion euros to electric vehicle batteries and 20 billion euros to electric vehicles.

Matthias m ü ller, CEO of Volkswagen, announced the development plan of Volkswagen electric vehicle "roadmap e" on the night of Volkswagen in Frankfurt Motor Show. "It's not just a vision for the future, it's our commitment to ourselves, and we will measure our actions against that plan from today on," Mullen said.
Mullen announced that it will invest 50 billion euros in electric vehicle batteries to find and develop long-term strategic partners in China, Europe and North America.
"We have plans for the next generation of electric vehicle batteries: solid state batteries over 1000 kilometers," Mullen said. He said VW will work with partners to develop the technology, which is expected to mature and go public at that time.
VW plans to have an electric version of all models of the group by 2030 at the latest, that is to say, all more than 300 models of VW will provide at least one electric version in every automobile market in the world. In order to achieve this goal, the battery capacity of VW electric vehicles will exceed 150 GWH in 2025, and the battery capacity of VW electric vehicles will need at least four super factories similar to Tesla every year.
According to Mullen, Volkswagen will invest more than 20 billion euros in electric vehicles by 2030, which will be used to develop new electric vehicle models, two new electric vehicle platforms, transform factories and train employees, electric vehicle infrastructure, sales promotion, and battery research and development and production.
Volkswagen plans to launch more than 80 new electric vehicles by 2025, including 30 pure electric vehicles and 30 hybrid vehicles. Mullen stressed that the price of electric cars will be moderate: "electric cars will no longer be a few people's toys.". Mullen expects electric cars to travel 600 kilometers.
"For us, the transformation of transportation and energy are inextricably linked," he stressed. Now it is decisive to cover the charging infrastructure of electric vehicles in cities and highways as soon as possible. ".
According to Mullen, VW will strive to build "environmentally friendly cars that many people can afford" and provide a wealth of automotive products, from traditional fuel vehicles to pure electric vehicles, "which has nothing to do with popularity, but is based on rationality.".