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VW Unveils New China EV Software in Bid to Regain Lost Ground
- Digital platform has been developed with Chinese partner Xpeng
- BYD last year overtook VW as China’s top-selling car brand
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Volkswagen AG will roll out a new digital architecture to make its electric vehicles more appealing in China, where it has fallen behind local champion BYD Co.
The so-called China Electrical Architecture — developed with VW’s Chinese partner Xpeng Inc. — will allow advanced features such as autonomous driving to be continuously upgraded over-the-air, the German automaker said Wednesday. However, the first cars to use the new platform won’t hit the market until 2026, while such features and connectivity are already common place in many Chinese EVs.