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As a clarification: they are only using this for EVs. https://www.thedrive.com/news/39984/vw-says-its-officially-d... Which is still…a choice.
By having 'Volts' can they can grow market share ?
Can anybody think of a similar name change that worked before ?
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I can see it from Europe.
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A friend in Germany said he trusts VW even more after the scandal, because it showed their engineering cleverness. And also because they cared for their customers and gave them even better performance than the government allowed. In general, VW has a good, somewhat inflated reputation in Germany + parts of EU. In my experience, the cars are quite solid and reliable, albeit considered a bit boring. But you can also bu…
>> better performance than the government allowed My understanding was that this performance came at the expense of more pollution, which is what the gov is regulating?
Up for grabs: André-Marie Ampère? Faraday? Edison?
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Maybe they grew tired of Americans pronouncing it wrong (most V are still pronounced as F, Vettel, Volkswagen etc.) ;-) Edit: This German apologizes for an attempt at a humorous / sarcastic comment and will revert to work-machine state at once. Beep boop.
Americans are pronouncing it perfectly correctly as most of us speak English and not German.
Does this mean they have shifted their focus to cheating on battery capacity?
It's surreal to see it embraced by a company that, just a few years ago, was pushing diesel to the point of a planet-scale fraud.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then... you win?
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Americans are pronouncing it perfectly correctly as most of us speak English and not German.
Pronunciation doesn't go like that but that is a big discussion for its own thread Funny remark though while watching the F1 Netflix show, Schumacher said his name like SchumaKer , hence the Engish Pronunciation which goes to show that he adapted to the audience.
What is the relative difference in emissions between a gasoline-powered car and an electric car that is recharged by power from a coal-burning plant?
Gasoline will always come from dead dinosaurs and plants but electricity doesn't come from 100% coal. And the ratio dropping changing fast as other forms get more inexpensive.