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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: 2) by butthurt on Friday November 25 2016, @07:16PM
Nobody has actually solved the problems with them - battery capacity, battery charging times, battery weight, battery safety.
General Motors claims a 238-mile (383 km) range for its Chevrolet Bolt. It's not going to win at Le Mans but it seems adequate for many purposes.
/article.pl?sid=16/09/14/0130242 [soylentnews.org]
As for safety, the unique danger is high voltage. The dangers of fire or explosion are also present with petrol, CNG, propane or hydrogen--perhaps less so with diesel, but this topic is about VW. ;-) I've not found statistics on such things but one freelance blogger who did
[...] concluded that, to date, a significantly smaller percentage of [Teslas] catch on fire than conventional cars.
-- http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2013/1102/Tesla-Motors-Model-S-fires-Another-setback-for-electric-cars [csmonitor.com]
When an electric car burns or explodes, it may be deemed more newsworthy than when the same happens to an ICE car.