GM farmed out the Bolt to LG. But its Ultium powertraijn is a massive in-house bet on EVs and isn't based on tax write-offs; GM is spending billions on battery plants and Ultium car models.
As I remarked elsewhere, Tesla's in-house battery tech has yet to deliver all the advances it promised four years ago.
GM farmed out the Bolt to LG. But its Ultium powertraijn is a massive in-house bet on EVs and isn't based on tax write-offs; GM is spending billions on battery plants and Ultium car models.
As I remarked elsewhere, Tesla's in-house battery tech has yet to deliver all the advances it promised four years ago.
I wasn't speaking to the battery side of the industry. I was talking more about electronic control modules. A software update to the powertrain control, ABS, or any body control module on a Ford requires an "act of congress," before it can be completed--requiring multiple vendors to work on a simple code change.
It's like having to call company (1), company (2), and company (3), to get a software update for a door control module, because a battery saver feature on a heated mirror doesn't work right. All of the modules are made by various manufacturers, and each of those manufacturers owns their own code. But all of those modules have to work together in order for the change to be completed.
If there is an issue on a Tesla, they control nearly all of the software in-house.
Simple changes don't require 3-weeks worth of meetings and coordinating the required vendors to achieve a simple code change.
Ahh, right. Probably why VW is investing up to $5 billion in Rivian "as part of a new, equally controlled joint venture to share EV architecture and software."
GM farmed out the Bolt to LG. But its Ultium powertraijn is a massive in-house bet on EVs and isn't based on tax write-offs; GM is spending billions on battery plants and Ultium car models.
As I remarked elsewhere, Tesla's in-house battery tech has yet to deliver all the advances it promised four years ago.
I wasn't speaking to the battery side of the industry. I was talking more about electronic control modules. A software update to the powertrain control, ABS, or any body control module on a Ford requires an "act of congress," before it can be completed--requiring multiple vendors to work on a simple code change.
It's like having to call company (1), company (2), and company (3), to get a software update for a door control module, because a battery saver feature on a heated mirror doesn't work right. All of the modules are made by various manufacturers, and each of those manufacturers owns their own code. But all of those modules have to work together in order for the change to be completed.
If there is an issue on a Tesla, they control nearly all of the software in-house.
Simple changes don't require 3-weeks worth of meetings and coordinating the required vendors to achieve a simple code change.
Ahh, right. Probably why VW is investing up to $5 billion in Rivian "as part of a new, equally controlled joint venture to share EV architecture and software."