More and more brands are betting on incorporating new technologies into their vehicles, and in the case of Volkswagen’s electric vehicles, these have taken it to a quite unprecedented position. We are talking about the fact that the German firm, in the search to continue making its cars better, will ensure that they are completely updated through a cloud system, the technology that allows remote access to software, file storage and data processing via the internet.
Volkswagen enters digitalization in its electrics
Accompanying the electrified Volkswagen (electric and hybrid), the brand is immersed in a very effective propulsion system that has given very favorable results in the family ID. Without going any further, its ID.3 (2020) and ID.4 (2021) are two parallel models that have become the best sellers and sought after thanks to an important technical evolution.
This is why, looking for what are the new technologies and digitization for its cars, Volkswagen has decided that its electrics will incorporate new cloud-based communication technologies, which are already beginning to be implemented today.
Thanks to this possibility they can be added to your electric cars new features, technical improvements and even the activation of some mobility services after the acquisition. But what is it like and what is it really about? How does this provision benefit cars and drivers?
What is it about
Announced since the beginning of the year, it has not been until now when the brand has made it official, so it is already underway. As such, the system deals with a series of software updates over the air. It is known as over the air, or OTA, which will target the current and future family of all-electric Volkswagen ID vehicles.
With this, the German brand takes an important step with the intention of focusing more on software in the future. Thus, he maintains that the great advantage of his cars is that they will be updated at all times, which will make them better maintain their value, something that, according to the brand, is a first in the industry.
Likewise, from the company of the city of Wolfsburg they insist that the updates are increasingly interesting to their owners, so it is planned to offer them completely free of charge every three months in a very short time. Until now, these updates were only available to owners who had previously signed up for the program. ID. First Movers Club. Now they will be for everyone.
Some resources will work more accurately
Available immediately for the ID.3 and ID.4 models, these updates will serve to improve and extend existing functions in these high-tech cars, and the idea is to be able to do it at intervals of no more than twelve weeks. In this way, resources such as driving aids, cameras, sensors or lighting systems can work more precisely and even increase their performance.
At the same time, and as the firm explains, this update series over the air of Volkswagen for its electrics will host a major upgrade to the ID Light lighting, which will offer information regarding the speed control system adaptive cruising ACC and eco-driving.
This will be through the led strip that is installed on the dashboard of each vehicle. Also, the dynamic control of the main beams will allow a even more precise regulation headlights to avoid glare. Finally, this mention also clarifies that OTA functionalities pave the way for new future business models. In that direction, it will be achieved that the user does not have to decide the configurations, characteristics or functions of the same at the time of purchase.