Have they really gone “far beyond” settlement requirements? Many of their investments in EVs were mandated as part of the settlement agreement.
I suspect it was a little of both, as they have been working on EVs (both battery and fuel cell electrics) for many years. But then, GM has also been working on these technologies, and has huge numbers of patents. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jan 29, 2021, at 9:47 AM, Willie via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > >> On 1/29/21 8:10 AM, paul dove via EV wrote: >> Well, it's not the same thing really. What GM did was legal. What VW did >> was illegal. VW got their hand slapped and this is the deal they made to >> make up for the deceit. > > Well, there is "illegal" and then there is reprehensible. > > VW has gone far beyond their settlement requirements. They are showing that > they are serious about conversion to EVs. GM is just talking and postponing. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org