Comment on Job losses likely at VW as the people’s car brand becomes uncompetitive
j4yt33@feddit.de 7 months ago
Same will happen to other German car manufacturers. This is what happens if lobbyists and corrupt politicians wank each other off behind closed doors. No incentives to go with the times and trying to squeeze out as much money short term as possible
nexusband@lemmy.world 7 months ago
BS, that’s what happens with shit management. They gambled all in with EVs and it failed big time, because nobody wants them. They also gambled all in with touch and screwed their base over and also they pulled everything out of the cars that made them good cars - and also “boring”.
Kiliyukuxima@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Their problem isn’t investing in EVs. Their problem is that their EVs are shit and also expensive so, obviously, no one will buy them. Besides, EV sales are growing more and more each year. I don’t know where you’ve been living dude
gens@programming.dev 7 months ago
It’s probably not just because ev. Golf has become a high end brand even before that. Not really a peoples car if parts cost a lot.
EatATaco@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I bought a TDI, and was burned by the faking the emissions scandal. Fuck that company.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, even back when I liked VW, I understood the car itself might be priced in my range, but the parts cost similar to BMW parts, where there’s certainly some enthusiast gouging going on.
And then the emissions scandal came out when shit like that was getting more important to me.
A friend of a friend was offered a general counsel position at VW. They told him something like “the hours are good unless there’s a crisis”. Their timing was bad though because while he was still thinking it over, news broke of another layer to their emissions scandal which would have kept him much busier than expected. And they knew that was coming but couldn’t say, “we need more lawyers to deal with this coming crisis” but had to instead act as if it’s just a normal hire with normal hours. Has much changed from how they were run in the 1930s?
deleted@lemmy.world 7 months ago
More expensive and less reliable.
I wonder how their management expected increase in sales. Maybe they trusted Joe’s chart.
andyburke@fedia.io 7 months ago
When they tried to skirt emissions standards, I decided never to buy another VW.
Whether they rolled out EVs or not, these fucks tried to break the law to destroy the planet. They can get fucked.
Schart@lemmy.world 7 months ago
How much have they spend on dieselgate?