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Volkswagen Bets Big On Electric Cars, Plans 30 Models By 2025 (usatoday.com)
An anonymous reader writes: German automaker Volkswagen plans to deliver 30 electric plug-in models by 2025. The new plan comes in the wake of a devastating emissions scandal that cast doubt on the future of its once-beloved diesel cars. It also exposes the immense challenges that the company will face internally. Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller suggested that Volkswagen Group, whose brands include Audi and Porsche, will "significantly" reduce the number of models it makes and will slash almost $9 billion in spending annually to bolster the bottom line.
Volkswagen has admitted cheating on it's emissions tests. When the vehicles are stationary and the steering wheel is not being moved, power from the battery is applied directly to the wheels. In normal driving, however, 80% of the power is diverted to a Power-to-Gas system, which is then dumped directly into the atmosphere for no apparent reason whatsoever.
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I bet there'll be a little tiny box in each one, (like the one Nikola Tesla built) which generates enormous useful energy, from no apparent source... meanwhile causing untold pollution in nearby parallel universes.
You're standing in the way of blind rage, sir.