The German automaker offered 70,625 ID electrical automobiles in China final 12 months, lacking its objective of 80,000 to 100,000 automobiles, with manufacturing affected by regional COVID-19 outbreaks in addition to chip-related points.
Volkswagen’s works council chief Daniela Cavallo mentioned the carmaker should do extra to know the Chinese market so as to seize larger market share, after lacking its electrical automobile gross sales targets within the nation final 12 months.
“Volkswagen must get its act together in China and understand customers’ needs better, particularly in software,” Cavallo mentioned in an interview with Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung printed on Wednesday.
The German automaker offered 70,625 ID electrical automobiles in China final 12 months, lacking its objective of 80,000 to 100,000 automobiles, with manufacturing affected by regional COVID-19 outbreaks in addition to chip-related points.
Foreign automakers have struggled to compete with their Chinese counterparts within the Chinese market, with US-based Tesla the one international model among the many prime 10 electrical automobile sellers within the nation.
“For a German driver, it may not be important to have a karaoke system on the central screen, but many Chinese customers love such features and are disappointed when VW does not offer them,” Cavallo advised the FAZ.
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