According to Škoda Auto employees, the latest Octavia model is not sufficiently prepared for series production.
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Employees are struggling with problematic software, eliminating its errors is time-consuming, thus increasing work in progress by hundreds of cars every day, said the weekly Škodovácký odborář.
According to the employees, high work in progress is not related to supplier companies, but to problems with the car’s software and hardware. “The car ‘s readiness for production is in a very deplorable state Enyaq electric car develops only in serial production, it stands and falls at the same time, “ wrote the Škoda trade unionist, who quotes a letter from employees.
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According to employees, erasing error memories was a matter of two to five minutes for the previous generation of Octavia, but for the new Octavia, the same is done for 30 minutes. “And that causes clogging of the test cylinders and the dispatch center, which does not have the infrastructure conditions for this type of car with such an architecture,” said the weekly.
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“There is still a lack of relevant motorization and, in addition, there have been major software problems. In the past, we tried to solve the lack of motorization by producing back the A7 combi (the previous model of the third generation octavia), but it has already been terminated,” wrote the weekly.
The employees are said to be nervous and angry; according to a Škoda trade unionist, one car’s erased memory memory was erased for even 3.5 hours. “We’ve never encountered this in the lobby, and it’s very mentally beating here for people with uncertainty about what’s next.” said the Škoda trade unionist.
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According to employees, the problems are not only with the new Octavia, but also with the upcoming purely electric SUV Enyaq. “For example, even now, in the zero series, the new Enyaq electric car is not able to continue in the direct flow from the assembly line, but has to shut down and only after an average of three hours of dealing with software issues can it continue to flow for further functional tests.” writes a weekly.
In mid-May, Škoda Auto cut off deliveries of the new Octavia due to problems with the software transmitting eCall assistant data. Deliveries resumed in June.
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The price of the new generation of the Škoda Octavia starts at CZK 456,900 for the liftback body type. It is 6000 crowns more than the basic model ending in the previous generation. In the cheapest basic specification, the octavia engine has a 1.0 TSI 81 kW with a six-speed manual transmission.
Last year, Škoda Auto delivered 1.24 million cars worldwide. It operates three production plants in the Czech Republic, produces in China, Russia, Slovakia and India, mostly through group partnerships, as well as in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in cooperation with local partners. It is active in more than 100 markets. It employs 39,000 people, of which almost 34,000 in the Czech Republic.
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“According to employees, erasing error memories was a matter of two to five minutes for the previous generation of Octavia”
So in previous version it was easier to hide problems from customers. Now it is more difficult to cheat customers, because there is a huge number of errors in the error memories. That software/firmware is one of the worst in the planet.