Title. Just something I got curious about, and thought people here would know the answer :)
VW for EVs. Making their own cells.
Toyota for hybrids. Really have their whole lineup and sell really competitive hybrids.
Volvo.
Yes…Volvos / Polestar got good game right now.
Hyundai/Kia, Volvo/Polestar, BMW/Mini
Volvo, Polestar, and Mini are made in China.
Do they count as legacy?
BYD.
Hyundai / Kia with the E-GMP platform is likely the current leader in this category. Volvo is strong as well. VW / Audi is likely 3rd, but they have some catching up to do. I feel like they’ll be equally competitive within 5 years or so with the ID platform.
none, they are all kicking and screaming, that it costs too much money to compete! to modernize to change! just ask Toyota!
Even Tesla is kicking and screaming. Go on twitter and you’ll find rhe Tesla CEO is always whining.
Another vote for Hyundai/Kia
technically Mini since their two only cars the mini cooper and mini countryman have EV platforms now
GM, but only because I know how far back their research has gone.
My uncle was a part of their early development team.
They had an early start but are now in back pedal mode, with new models delayed and low trim models cut.
I’m guessing you don’t pay much attention to the news.
Every car company is experiencing delays right now because of the chip shortage.
GM still has the only car that’s actually competing with Tesla on sales numbers and a manufacturing deal with an entire other legacy automaker.
GM has committed more to research and development of EVs than every other legacy automaker. They’ve also got one of earliest prototypes for HFC as well. An HFC which my uncle personally designed.
Oh but I do. S&P Global reported back in July that the US automaker chip shortage was mostly over (my local dealer lots are near capacity again). The Bolt sales numbers might be second to Tesla, but at 70k vs 522k, it’s not actually competing. And if you’re referring to GMs venture with Honda to build Ultium platform vehicles - it’s been dissolved.
And GM is the only legacy automaker to come close. Did you not read the original post?
Of course Tesla is winning. He’s asking which of the other automakers is trying the hardest to compete.
GM isn’t backpedalling. They just committed even further resources to their flagship model, the Chevrolet Bolt. They dropped the price to the point where it’s the cheapest model currently available.
They’re also investing into a bunch of new battery manufacturers and posting up new EV and PHEV models every year.
If another billionaire decided to copy Tesla’s way of making electric cars they may be able to put legacy automakers out of business in a decade…. The writing is on the walls and GM will be the first to go bankrupt
Hyundai and Kia are doing good without trying that hard actually. Mercedes and BMW are doing much but don’t talk about it that much. While BMW seems to be trying to delay it as much as possible and barely building any EV based platforms, their sales (in Germany at least) and their efforts are pretty good. Otherwise clearly Volvo but they are too connected to Chinese manufacturers so it doesn’t count as much since they get their platforms from them
Volkswagen, Ford, Chevy, Mercedes, Hyundai+Kia, and BMW. The Germans know something
None. All legacy automakers are still vastly skewed towards making ICEs.They make about as many as they must in order not to pay fines for CO2 fleet emissions.
I think Mercedes deserves a lot more of a mention than I’m seeing in the responses thus far. They have multiple EVs for sale now, the quality of product outside of the exterior design is very good, and they have every thing from a $55k EV to a $120k EV. They’ve also been aggressive in their EV advertising and with the charging network infrastructure they are building.
To me, it’s Hyundai and Mercedes at the top with Volvo / Ford right behind then.
Volkswagen