Volkswagen’s Extraordinary Project, The Electric Kombi, Will Include Tesla’s Participation, The Company Founded By Elon Musk, In Using Batteries Created By The Brand

The New Electric Kombi Will Feature Batteries From Tesla Electric Cars And The Conventional Body Of The Model Made By Volkswagen

The Volkswagen Kombi hit the market in 1987 and became one of the most well-known vehicles of all time. Since then, the Kombi has remained popular to this day, and in order to celebrate its years of history, Volkswagen will launch a new model of the vehicle with a major novelty: the electric Kombi.

Thus, this minivan developed by the Volkswagen automaker will truly go down in history as one of the most recognized retro cars. With this great success of the vehicle, Volkswagen decided to create the new model based on the existing one.

The Partnership Between Volkswagen And Tesla

Using a set of batteries from Tesla cars, the electric Kombi model in question will feature batteries from the Tesla Model S. According to Volkswagen, the first electric Kombi models will come with a 77 kWh battery and the electric vehicle has a range capacity of 418 km.

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There are still no photos or records of Volkswagen’s new electric car and Tesla, however, Volkswagen has already hinted that the new model could cost around R$ 300 thousand and it will be sold through an auction.

More About Tesla Vehicles: 1.1 Million Electric Cars To Receive Software Update In The U.S.; Company’s Shares Fall 3% Due To The Incident

Tesla has initiated a recall of nearly 1.1 million of its electric cars due to concerns that a closing window may “trap” a passenger before it retracts. The announcement was made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The vehicles affected by the recall include:

Model 3 (from 2017 to 2022);

Model Y (from 2020 and 2021);

Model S (from 2021 and 2022);

Model X (from 2021 and 2022).

Due to the incident, investors wasted no time in demanding a position, which directly affected the stocks of Elon Musk’s electric car company. Around 3 PM, Tesla’s shares fell 3.74% on the New York stock exchanges, where they were priced at US$289.52, a number higher than that of other automakers or high-tech companies.

The company’s stock receipts – the BDRs, also saw a decline. At the same time, there was a drop of 4.60%, where they were being traded at R$46.46. The incident brought down Tesla’s shares, as previously seen in April this year.

Tesla stated that it will perform over-the-air software updates on the cars to fix the problem. Thus, it indicated that it is not aware of any injuries, accidents, or deaths related to the incident. Additionally, the information was taken from a safety recall report.

This is not the first time that a recall has been conducted by Tesla this year. In May, the company recalled about 130,000 vehicles due to issues with the central processing units of the cars, which led the company to take drastic actions to avoid losing trust.

Earlier, in April, Elon Musk’s company recalled about 600,000 vehicles due to concerns that the sounds from the pedestrian alert system of the electric cars could be muted. Various actions were taken to fix the issue.

In order to resolve the problem, the company planned to release over-the-air software updates to address both situations. Now, we will have to wait and see if there will be a new recall due to further misfortunes.