Alan_uk
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BBC article mainly about some big names (e.g. Ford) will not be at the Paris Motor Show; reason cost. Article goes on to say VW will show an electric car based on the Golf. Doesn't define "show", e.g. pictures, mock-ups, pre-production. There is a sketch showing sliding rear doors.
I think that they have a lot of catching up to do; words and sketches are easy. But then they say in technology it's often not the innovators who make the money but the followers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37486174
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Volkswagen, for example, says it will be presenting an electric car that has "the potential to make history with its completely new vehicle concept". Details are pretty sketchy, but it is expected to look rather like a futuristic VW Golf.
More importantly, VW's brand CEO Herbert Diess recently told the German magazine WitschftsWoche it would have a range of 400-600km (250-370 miles) and would be capable of taking a full charge in 15 minutes.
VW, of course, is desperate to embellish its environmental credentials. The German firm wants to show it has moved forward, a year after the diesel emissions scandal first came to light. It now says it wants 20-25% of the cars it sells to be electric within a decade.
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I think that they have a lot of catching up to do; words and sketches are easy. But then they say in technology it's often not the innovators who make the money but the followers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37486174
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Volkswagen, for example, says it will be presenting an electric car that has "the potential to make history with its completely new vehicle concept". Details are pretty sketchy, but it is expected to look rather like a futuristic VW Golf.
More importantly, VW's brand CEO Herbert Diess recently told the German magazine WitschftsWoche it would have a range of 400-600km (250-370 miles) and would be capable of taking a full charge in 15 minutes.
VW, of course, is desperate to embellish its environmental credentials. The German firm wants to show it has moved forward, a year after the diesel emissions scandal first came to light. It now says it wants 20-25% of the cars it sells to be electric within a decade.
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