• j4yt33@feddit.de
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    7 months ago

    Same will happen to other German car manufacturers. This is what happens if lobbyists and corrupt politicians wank each other off behind closed doors. No incentives to go with the times and trying to squeeze out as much money short term as possible

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      7 months ago

      BS, that’s what happens with shit management. They gambled all in with EVs and it failed big time, because nobody wants them. They also gambled all in with touch and screwed their base over and also they pulled everything out of the cars that made them good cars - and also “boring”.

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        7 months ago

        Their problem isn’t investing in EVs. Their problem is that their EVs are shit and also expensive so, obviously, no one will buy them. Besides, EV sales are growing more and more each year. I don’t know where you’ve been living dude

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          7 months ago

          It’s probably not just because ev. Golf has become a high end brand even before that. Not really a peoples car if parts cost a lot.

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            7 months ago

            I bought a TDI, and was burned by the faking the emissions scandal. Fuck that company.

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            7 months ago

            More expensive and less reliable.

            I wonder how their management expected increase in sales. Maybe they trusted Joe’s chart.

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        7 months ago

        When they tried to skirt emissions standards, I decided never to buy another VW.

        Whether they rolled out EVs or not, these fucks tried to break the law to destroy the planet. They can get fucked.

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          7 months ago

          This is exactly how I feel about VW. Clearly an unscrupulous company that will lie to anyone to make an extra buck. If they were willing to deceive powerful regulatory bodies in a vast conspiracy with the side effect of fucking over the already fucked environment, what hope does the lowly consumer have to trust such an organization. Fuck 'em, they can go out of business for all I care.

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            7 months ago

            Not disagreeing, but you are describing almost every company or corporation above a certain size