I guess Tesla and Faraday were already taken. This is ridiculous. I hope this is a case of an April fools joke delivered according to German punctuality.
Personally I'm a fan of fluidity. I have no problem with voltswagen as an aka. Why not. Brand names change, evolve.
If it is a deadpan joke, I kind of like it too. Overall, I can see no reason for outrage of any kind.
It's funny to me how some people find this "ridiculous".
I guess that's because they didn't change the name in Germany as well. "Volkswagen" is really easy to pronounce in German, but "Voltswagen" is just weird.
Re:Voltswagen of America
by chrisshroba on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:07PM
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What is the literal connotation?
> or the literal connotation makes you a little uncomfortable.
How so? "The people's car" seems rather innocuous to me. My only guess would be that it could make some American anti-socialists uncomfortable?
"Volkswagen" is big enough that the name just means the company/product. But, it isn't really good brand name for an anglo market. You either can't pronounce it, or the literal connotation makes you a little uncomfortable.