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I guess it’s the lack of everything in a partially state owned company. Here you go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w
by lnsru 2y ago
I guess it’s the lack of everything in a partially state owned company. Here you go: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Act
They don’t really think about competition. That’s an arena for power fights, empire building and incompetence on every level. Think about software and Cariad disaster. Cars were a byproduct. Germans associated them for generations with good life and bought without thinking. I would say, until Golf 5 the cars were brilliant, advertising fun and I would buy one. But now… just another expensive car brand.
- fock 2y agostate-owned company where the 2 families owning the majority of shares block using the earnings to do any investment. The only thing were the state-stake comes into play is in not crushing unions in Germany (which they don't mind doing in the US) and not letting the whole enterprise fail (which it should ...)
- f1shy 2y agoI just keep hearing the same point of inflection, about golf 5. Then there was a big decline, not only VW, but all the others also. What happened?!
- Lio 2y agoNot sure about “golf 5” but I have a Mk.7 Golf from 2014 and it’s an amazing car. There’s no telemetry left in it (3G was turned iff years ago). It has all the safety features. It regularly gets 60 something MPG (Imperial). The Adaptive Cruise Control is all the self driving I need. It’s great.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoLegislation. They are required to gather that data. The keyword to start with C-ITS.