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on Wednesday November 23 2016, @11:33PM
from the that's-one-way-to-reduce-emissions dept.
from the that's-one-way-to-reduce-emissions dept.
The head of Volkswagen's core brand is sketching out a broad restructuring emphasizing electric cars and digital technology such as autonomous vehicles and car-sharing.
Volkswagen division head Herbert Diess said Tuesday at a news conference at company headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany that the goal is "to fundamentally change Volkswagen" as it bounces back from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.
The plan foresees new investments in electric-car technology and in software that would enable new ways of using and sharing cars over the longer term.
Would all this upheaval in the auto industry be happening without Tesla?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 24 2016, @12:06PM
>Would all this upheaval in the auto industry be happening without Tesla?
look man, love to see a fan of simplicity as much as the next guy. but taking the reducto models of physics to imply that effects have simple and singular causes is just silly. please find a better poke if you want to stir up the commenters to get your clicks. we really want to be here, just please cut out the infantilizing
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday November 24 2016, @02:04PM
You know what's also silly? Fetishizing complexity and diluting clear trends in a system because post-modernism has instilled a terror of asserting anything. Would you also dispute Apple's singular role in disrupting the market for MP3 players? How about in smartphones?
Nissan was first to market with its Leaf. It made barely a ripple. Toyota had its Prius line for years but there was no concommittant rush to hybrids by other companies. Tesla has captured the limelight with its vehicles, its strategy, and its adept PR operation. We see the effects echoing from its Model S competitors in Mercedes to the Paris Auto Show just past, where every major brand was showing their EVs. I submitted an article a few months ago about how Tesla Model S is outselling every other car in its class. That's what disruption looks like.
Nobody at SN gets paid. SN is a community run site and sells no advertising. There is no revenue model and therefore no need to get"clicks." Posing an icebreaker question is meant to encourage discussion among soylent's very knowledgeable community, not to infantilize anyone or anything. If you read that to mean our submitters are stupid, or that they think our community members are stupid, then that says more about you than it does them. You misread the purpose and intent of the device.
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