VW says the production version of the ID. EVERY1 will be the company’s first vehicle to feature a new “powerful” software architecture that promises over-the-air updates. (Software has proven to be a bit of a pain for VW, with bugs and infrequent updates plaguing its ID family of vehicles for years.)

Yes, it is!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_constellation

there’s also GNSS which is mostly used in Europe and Scandinavia

GNSS is the generic term that covers all satellite navigation systems (GPS included).

Galileo is the EU/ESA system you’re thinking of.

GLONASS (Russian) and BeiDou (Chinese) are the other two major constellations with global coverage. The only other full system I know of is NavIC, which is Indian and has only regional coverage.

Most devices actually connect to all of them. I’ve just checked my phone, and it’s connected to all of GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou. People just say “GPS” because it’s catchier than “GNSS”.

They’re not going to create entirely new ones just for this vehicle.

If you read the article (I know, controversial) you’ll see that that’s exactly what they’re suggesting they’re doing, yes.

Personally I wouldn’t hold my breath that it’ll be better, but it is going to be completely different to their current software stack.

Concept cars are, by definition, not actually finished. Nobody will be able to buy the car that was being shown at the car show. The car that will be on sale in 2-3 years will be a thematically similar but fundamentally different creature.

Things like the onboard computer software/hardware/data sharing model won’t be defined yet. VW’s first party servicing costs or the price of replacement brake pads are not defined yet. It’ll be a job for a future car journalist to report on all those things once it’s actually defined.

It’s a concept car; none of those things are actually known or knowable yet.