The SAIC Volkswagen General Manager Jia Jianxu revealed part of the product plan in an exclusive interview with the media. Jia Jianxu said that the Volkswagen ID.3 model will switch to lithium iron phosphate batteries in the first quarter of next year, and the cost can be reduced by 19,000 yuan, and it will turn a profit in the second quarter.
The ID.3 model will switch to lithium iron phosphate batteries
As for the current loss situation of ID.3, Jia Jianxu said that the car lost 27,000 yuan per car before the price reduction, and the loss exceeded 40,000 yuan after the price reduction.
SAIC-Volkswagen announced at the beginning of this month that orders for its ID. pure electric family exceeded 20,000 units in September, of which ID.3 models accounted for 15,000 units. As of the end of September this year, cumulative sales of the ID. family had exceeded 160,000 units.