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There’s a crazy amount of subliminal PR in this vaporware puff piece. VW PR are trying to get you to think of VW as a nature loving, fun outdoorsy company that
by spaceflunky 9y ago
There’s a crazy amount of subliminal PR in this vaporware puff piece.
VW PR are trying to get you to think of VW as a nature loving, fun outdoorsy company that’s connected to the environment. Instead of that company who cared so little about pollution in the environment that they literally programmed their cars to lie about how much pollution they were spewing.
The car doesn’t need to ever exist, what exists is the manufactured image in your mind of VW and a “harmonious” place in nature.
- ckanter 9y agoYep, much the same as today's doodle spam "Equinox, brought to you by the Goolag". Except in Google's case they incorporate the letters in the picture to achieve better brainwashing.
- dre85 9y agoI think this hits the nail right on the head. Agreed 100%.
- lafar6502 9y agoElectro vehicles hysteria is much worse for the environment than some diesels spewing a bit more Nox than expected. Vw made a huge mistake because their engines are among the most fuel efficient on the market and now they got all the blame and punishment. Most cars have much worse emissions than the cheating Vw models
- spaceflunky 9y agoWhile you're right in that the extra nox might not be that bad in the scheme of things, what irks me is that they systematically lied and they also actively marketed AGAINST hybrids and other clean technologies based upon falsified data.
- OneTimePaddy 9y agoIs systemmatically hiding that most E Vehicles drive with Coal and/or Fukushima-fuel that much better. The whole debate of e-vehicles versus traditional vehicles is heavily warped. Im actually for a easily visible sign wethr a vehicle drives with some nature friendly fuel- or the oppossite. Also, what has this debate to do with anything- this is a concept car- it could be e or tradfuel.
- grzm 9y agoI understand what you're saying. At the same time, electric vehicles can be powered by electricity generated from any number of sources while ICE vehicles require carbon-based fuels. Even when the electricity is generated from carbon-based sources, those power plants can be located strategically (e.g., away from heavily populated areas), can be run more efficiently (e.g., at peak efficiency for power generation rather than at varying efficiencies in vehicles), and have better pollution controls.
- spaceflunky 9y agoSpeak for yourself. I power my vehicle through my solar panels and so will most electric owners eventually.