Tarnished by scandal, VW looks to electric carsPublished: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Three years after news broke of Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal known as "dieselgate," the automaker is looking to rebrand. VW plans to ramp up its supply of electric vehicles and largely turn away from diesel. And the company recently announced Herbert Diess would take over as CEO. "Electrification is going to be the powertrain of the future," said Matthias Erb, the automaker's chief engineering officer in North America. In addition to a stream of apologies, VW has paid more than $20 billion in fines and court settlements. In Europe, the investigation is ongoing. VW didn't seem very interested in EVs prior to the diesel scandal, according to Jake Fisher of *Consumer Reports*. Others note that most major automakers are moving toward EVs (Sonari Glinton, NPR <https://www.npr.org/2018/04/24/605014988/after-diesel-scandal-vw-turns-to-new-leadership-and-electric-cars>, April 24). *— KB* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
