Volkswagen Golf electric replacement delayed – report

Delay with Volkswagen of The upcoming Scalable System Platform (SSP) and its electrical architecture will mean the next generation Golf will be released later than expected.

According to German publication Management MagazineThe market launch of the upcoming all-electric ID. Golf – as it might be called – has been postponed by 15 months to 2029.

A large electric SUV based on the SSP platform called the T-Sport has reportedly been delayed further to 2031 – three years later than originally planned.

While this delay primarily affects Volkswagen models, it may also affect some Audi vehicles.

That means any production models built on the SSP architecture won’t hit the market until at least 2029.

Management Magazine The decision to postpone the SSP launch was reportedly made on July 2 – just a month after Volkswagen Passenger Cars CEO Thomas Schäfer confirmed a 2028 launch.

It’s not yet clear whether the entire architecture will be delayed or just some variations of it for individual segments.

It was previously reported that the SSP would become the standard EV platform for many Volkswagen Group models across a variety of sizes and applications.

Volkswagen has not confirmed the delay or given a reason, but it is believed to be due to a software issue.

This is also not the first time the Group has struggled with such issues, as its in-house software division Cariad has been blamed for delays in the recent launch of products such as Audi Q6 e-tronLast year, it was reported 2000 job cuts was planned in the troubled division.

SSP vehicles are set up to use E³ Architecture 2.0 was developed by Cariad, but Management Magazine reported that its arrival time was later than expected.

This reportedly means that the models would have to be launched in a very tight timeframe, and Volkswagen believes that such a timeframe would be unfeasible as many models could be delayed in various ways.

Letter E³ The 2.0 software was originally intended to be developed in-house by Cariad, although Volkswagen recently announced a deal with American startup Rivian may have changed his plans.

Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop next-generation electrical/electronic architectures for electric vehicles.

At the time, it was reported that SSP would use the “Adaptive E/E Architecture” from the end of the decade, before switching to the Volkswagen-Rivian architecture in the early 2030s. It is not yet known what the Adaptive E/E Architecture will include.

To keep its current EVs up to date until the SSP architecture is launched, Volkswagen is reportedly developing its current MEB platform into the MEB+ platform. The first cars using the updated MEB+ architecture will launch in 2026.

Current models built on the MEB platform include Volkswagen’s ID. (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Buzzing sound), Skoda Octavia, Audi Q4 e-tron And Cupra born. It is also used by Ford for Capri And Explorer.

Management Magazine There have been calls to extend the life of the upcoming MEB+ platform, which would justify the investment required to get the platform up and running, the report said.

The upcoming electric Golf won’t be the first version of the classic to use battery power.

Volkswagen previously offered an e-Golf, based on the petrol-powered Mk7 model. That model was discontinued in 2020.

The current Golf went into production in 2019, with a facelift revealed this year. If the Mk9 doesn’t arrive until 2029, it will have one of the longest lifecycles of any generation of Golf.

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