Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
by sjwright on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:47PM
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Please, you're acting like an employee of their marketing department. Your rabid enthusiasm is not interesting. They're a car company that wants to be successful, not a sports team. Still, good luck to them—and maybe I might even consider an electric VW in the future—but it'll be a while before their reputation is repaired.
(And thankfully their EVs won't have their junky and jerky DSG transmissions...so that's another plus.)
Re:The Lithium Mine Buildup Is Outpacing the Electric-Car Boom
by clouddrover on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:13PM
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> Please, you're acting like an employee of their marketing department.
Nope. I'm just across the issues and the state of play more than you are.
- The Volkswagen ID.R set the fastest Goodwood hill time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8il5ohB8FYk
- The VW ID.R set the fastest Pikes Peak time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnH15dejp0s
- The VW ID.R set the fastest electric time (second fastest overall time) at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRCiGABQupA
- Audi is already in Formula E: https://www.audi.com/en/experience-audi/audi-sport/audi-raci...
- And Porsche is joining Formula E next season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUrkD7WTs0w
Which they'll use to advertise the Porsche Taycan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHEdaRhF1k
Volkswagen is investing a lot in electrics. They're doing it to clean up their image from the diesel emissions scandal, to meet the new emissions standards being set by the EU and others, and to avoid being locked out of markets which have already set timetables for banning ICE cars (like Norway and the city of Paris).