Audi battery shortage21 Apr 2019 20:50
Tesla Is Laughing At Audi Right Now
Building electric vehicles ain't so easy after all.
According to various foreign reports, including from The Brussel Times, Audi is experiencing production problems for its new e-tron SUV. The problem has to do with batteries, or lack thereof. Reports claim the German automaker is not receiving enough lithium-ion battery cells from its supplier, LG Chem. Apparently, LG Chem is against Volkswagen’s decision to set up battery gigafactories with other suppliers. To turn up the pressure, LG Chem is purposely slowing down production. Instead of running eight hours a day, it’s now working six, and will soon reportedly drop from five weekly working days to four.
On top of that, there’s a strike currently taking place at Audi’s factory in Hungary that’s responsible for building the electric motors. Internal documents uncovered by Brussels sources claim Audi initially planned to build 55,830 e-tron SUVs in 2019 but now that production forecast has been reduced by 10,000 units.?