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Re:Volkswagen invests up to $5B in Rivian by skapa_flow on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:49AM (#40797818)
VW decided to decentralize development, especially software. This is true for the Chinese market, which is very important to VW. Germans like knobs, Chinese like playfull interfaces with gadgets.
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Re:Volkswagen invests up to $5B in Rivian by constantcrying on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:54AM (#40797850)
>This is true for the Chinese market

Yes, that is true. Maybe they want to do something similar in the US? Where they have some subsidiary doing largely independent development for more region specific models?

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