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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by hill, Nov 22, 2016.

  1. hill

    hill High Fiber Member

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    Volkswagen bets on new technology to bounce back from crisis

    Today, VW president Herbert Diess in a press conference states;
    But wait - there's more!
    Lofty goals ! and this is in addition to them paying;
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    :rolleyes: i'll be sure to check them out, if i'm still breathing.
     
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    Someone at VW's been hitting the schnapps again!

    Biggest problem (aside from finding 1 million buyers) would be sourcing a million large batteries.
     
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    Definitely a challenge, certainly doable.

    2025 is 9 years off.
    9 years ago Tesla was a start-up which had yet to make any cars.
    They are making about 75,000 a year and plan to be making 300,000 a year within 2 more.

    VWs manufacturing footprint is huge compared to what Tesla's was (or is, for that matter).
     
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    i'm all for any company that says they are going to make ev's someday in the future.;)
     
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    so, are you saying that maybe Tesla wasn't so crazy after all for building such an oversized manufacturing plant for traction packs? If you build it they will come .... it's pretty much a given they know their clean diesel scam won't work anymore.
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    maybe they'll buy packs from elon, and build bev's in the u.s.
     
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    Recent events make me wonder.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    My 2nd project will be an all-electric convertible, but I will have years of fun driving the hybrid convertible before that second project is done.

    I will however be putting a Tesla roof on my future house. ;)

    Bill the Engineer
     
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    An interesting way for VW to solve the diesel problem!
     
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