Over-the-air updates for the Volkswagen ID. Family!

Volkswagen is taking the next big step on the way to becoming a software-oriented mobility provider: Starting this summer, the brand will be regularly updating software over-the-air in its ID. Playing off family. This makes Volkswagen the first and so far only volume manufacturer to make this innovative technology widely available to customers. The start is the ID.3: The latest software version "ID.Software2.3" will be delivered via mobile data transfer in July 2021 to customers of the so-called "First Movers Club". The update contains adjustments and improvements relating to operation, performance and convenience. Updates for all ID.3 and ID.4 and ID.4 GTX customers will follow successively. In future, Volkswagen will use the software for its ID. Bring vehicles up to date every twelve weeks.

Over-the-air updates

Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, says about the groundbreaking step: “Volkswagen is speeding up on the subject of digitization. After the successful roll-out of our fully electric ID. Family, the brand is once again at the forefront of the movement: We are creating a completely new, digital customer experience with new functions and more convenience - every twelve weeks. We are the first volume manufacturer to bring in-depth over-the-air updates into series production. This is an important milestone in the implementation of our ACCELERATE strategy, with which we are making Volkswagen fit for the networked and digital mobility of the future. "

Extensive improvements thanks to over-the-air updates

The first update for the all-electric ID. Modelle offers numerous functional improvements: Among other things, it includes extended functionalities of the ID. Light, an optimized environment recognition and dynamic high beam control, an improved usability and design adjustments of the infotainment system as well as performance and stability improvements.

The software updates are sent directly to the central high-performance computer (In Car Application Server, ICAS for short) of the ID via mobile data transfer. Models. In vehicles based on the modern MEB platform, these take over functions that were distributed over a large number of control units in earlier vehicle generations. The new electronics architecture is not only more powerful and intelligent, it also simplifies the exchange of data and functions between the systems in the vehicle. This means that up to 35 control units can be accessed and updated via the over-the-air updates.

Customers with ID. Always focus on digital

"Vehicles that always have the latest software on board and ensure an excellent digital customer experience are of enormous importance for the future success of the Volkswagen brand," says Thomas Ulbrich, Board Member for Development at the Volkswagen brand. “That is why we have the agile project unit ID for continuously updating the software in the vehicle. Founded digitally. This enables us to quickly collect customer feedback and react flexibly to customer needs. The ID. This means that models are always up to date after delivery and the value of the customer vehicles is improved. "

The driving force behind the digitization of the brand is the close cooperation between ID. Digital and CARIAD, the car software organization of the Volkswagen Group. This interaction ensures great software know-how. In this way, the brand benefits from the Group's clout and at the same time uses the speed of the agile software company CARIAD. "Over-the-air updates are a central functionality of the digital, networked car," says CARIAD CEO Dirk Hilgenberg. "They will become the norm for customers - like downloading the latest operating system or apps on their smartphones."

Business model 2.0: the future of mobility

With over-the-air software updates, the Volkswagen brand creates the conditions for new business models - as laid out in the ACCELERATE strategy. In the future, when buying a vehicle, customers will no longer have to decide which functionalities their car should have - and which configuration is beneficial for the highest possible resale value. Because: The hardware is largely standardized. Additional functions and innovative technologies can be booked retrospectively in the future via software updates.

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