kreshi
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- hansi
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"Since Volkswagen itself warned urgently in November of an “impending charging gap,” patience at the company headquarters in Wolfsburg is apparently finite: Diess is said to have said in front of the managers, “we will invest there ourselves if necessary.” Discussions about a VW stand-alone venture took place earlier before the decision was made favouring the joint venture after all, albeit still under the leadership of Diess’ predecessor Matthias Müller.
Reports of the group’s plans to create an exclusive fast-charging network independent of Ionity surfaced last summer. In January, another report said that Audi, Porsche and Ionity had already agreed on a joint fast-charging network “that would promptly pamper discerning customers with additional services such as a charging guarantee and with convenience features such as wireless conductive charging.”
According to Manager Magazin, nothing has been decided yet. Audi and Porsche are apparently pushing ahead with their own plans. They are dividing up the project internally, while one company is taking care of the city centres that have been neglected by Ionity so far. The other is looking after the longer-distance roads. This is likely to focus heavily on the brands’ premium aspirations, which Manager Magazin claims Ionity is failing to meet. “Ionity has little to do with premium,” the magazine writes, quoting an anonymous person in managerial circles. The plan is for 200 of its own stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are to be combined with a mixture of “gastronomy and car dealers” to create “small brands”."
It was as recent as january that they openly admitted they did not like Ionity
"Since Volkswagen itself warned urgently in November of an “impending charging gap,” patience at the company headquarters in Wolfsburg is apparently finite: Diess is said to have said in front of the managers, “we will invest there ourselves if necessary.” Discussions about a VW stand-alone venture took place earlier before the decision was made favouring the joint venture after all, albeit still under the leadership of Diess’ predecessor Matthias Müller.
Reports of the group’s plans to create an exclusive fast-charging network independent of Ionity surfaced last summer. In January, another report said that Audi, Porsche and Ionity had already agreed on a joint fast-charging network “that would promptly pamper discerning customers with additional services such as a charging guarantee and with convenience features such as wireless conductive charging.”
According to Manager Magazin, nothing has been decided yet. Audi and Porsche are apparently pushing ahead with their own plans. They are dividing up the project internally, while one company is taking care of the city centres that have been neglected by Ionity so far. The other is looking after the longer-distance roads. This is likely to focus heavily on the brands’ premium aspirations, which Manager Magazin claims Ionity is failing to meet. “Ionity has little to do with premium,” the magazine writes, quoting an anonymous person in managerial circles. The plan is for 200 of its own stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are to be combined with a mixture of “gastronomy and car dealers” to create “small brands”."
It was as recent as january that they openly admitted they did not like Ionity
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