Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) intends to sell electric cars for less than 20,000 euros ($22,836) and protect German jobs by converting three factories to make Tesla (TSLA.O) rivals, a source familiar with the plans said.
VW and other carmakers are struggling to adapt quickly enough to stringent rules introduced after the carmaker was found to have cheated diesel emissions tests, with its chief executive Herbert Diess warning last month that Germany's auto industry faces extinction.
Plans for VW's electric car, known as "MEB entry" and with a production volume of 200,000 vehicles, are due to be discussed at a supervisory board meeting on Nov. 16, the source said.
Fallout from cheating on diesel emissions tests continues. If German automakers, of which VW is the largest, switch to electric vehicles (EVs), will other car companies have to follow suit?
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday November 09 2018, @07:59PM
In general my opinion is "yeah but what if I want to drive the Alcan again?" which I have done like six times in the past decade. Fixing the range issue would make me more interested or even giving me a hybrid truck would definitely get me more interested. I'm willing to negotiate here if they can give me what I currently have (equivalent of a '16 F150) without a loss of the features that I desire (6-700 mile tank range, 2k payload, 12k towing).
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam