Re:Formation of Tesla Advanced Automation Germany
by emptyfile on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:59PM
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People in Europe already forgot about it. Comments like "VW will be bankrupt in 20 years" is why I can't take HN seriously on Tesla related news.
EDIT: Oh it's actually 5-10 years and it's VW and BMW and Mercedes. And this is the top rated comment still...
Re:Formation of Tesla Advanced Automation Germany
by pvaldes on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:23AM
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Please don't talk for all europeans.
Re:Formation of Tesla Advanced Automation Germany
by martin_bech on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:09PM
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Remember Nokia?
Re:Formation of Tesla Advanced Automation Germany
by mrich on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @01:48PM
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Unfortunately a large portion of VW is state-owned so they will be bailed out anyway since a lot of jobs in that state depend on them.
Re:Formation of Tesla Advanced Automation Germany
by mioelnir on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:45PM
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VW should found a utility company for water and electricity and be awarded the contract for american occupation force bases. Then they do not have to get bailed out, but can charge it right back.
That may be so, but they are in deep, deep shit due to the emissions scandal. Especially now that it looks like Audis may also have defeat devices in them:
http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/11/audis-may-have-cheated-o...
There are certain types of scandals that even huge companies cannot recover from. We'll see how things play out for VW...