BobbyD
You might find the question you pose uninteresting, but what I find interesting in assessing the validity of claims put and arguments made within this thread, and the point I was making, is that the very same poster who 5 minutes ago was claiming that VW's electrification claims were a PR sham designed to put a false sheen of modernity on an outdated and decaying carcass whose unwillingness to genuinely engage in electrification would lead to the inevitable downfall of the company is now of the opinion that VW's vigorous financing of their electrification scheme is in all likelihood going to lead to rack and ruin and the downfall of the company. All roads it seem lead to the imminent death of VW...
Yes, that is exactly the point.
VW have left if very late to go for this.
Now they are in panic mode.
If you study company failures you will find exactly this kind of behaviour. First ignore and underestimate your competitor, sit on your complacent laurels and then suddenly find folk like what your competitor has and when projecting forward the whole calamity becomes clear. So they go at it hammer and tongs and the chance of making serious errors climbs fast.
It is extremely non-trivial and very hard to change the direction of an established industry and compete with upstarts. Most times the legacy business gets creamed.
What I am seeing is exactly what I have been expecting since Tesla started selling BEV.
Regards,