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A comment on VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback.

Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by krn on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:28PM (#21337391)
VW's electrification efforts are primarily not about competing with Tesla in the US, but about not losing its 24% market share in Europe, where it has multiple non-premium brands, such as Seat and Škoda.
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Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by RegBarclay on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @03:59PM (#21338294)
A lot of their electrification efforts are penance for dieselgate.
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Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by krn on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:23AM (#21343902)
Electrification is a huge thing in the European market after stricter emission standards and additional taxes for car buyers were introduced, and has nothing to do with dieselgate.
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Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by raaaaraaaa12 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:34PM (#21337441)
and they really need to have low average emissions... that's clearly defined goal which needs to be fulfilled.
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