[raaaaraaaa12]

VW is betting hard on EV cars - I guess that German goverment will cooperate and will invest heavily into EV infrastructure ...otherwise it will be huge failure.

VW will finally solve problem with other brands within VW group - Skoda and Seat are sucessful brands and often cannibalize VW models (Skoda Kodiaq vs VW Tiguan, VW Passat vs. Skoda Superb etc...). VW presented recently strategy for next few years where they said that Skoda will become 'low-cost' brand and Seat will be more 'luxurious'.

Skoda is allowed to have only 2 EV models in next few years - minicar Citigo and Octavia (midsize sedan/combi), nothing else will be allowed (except few hybrid models) so it will be easier for VW brand to become EV leader in EU in next few years.

Also in the case there will be crisis VW will throw it's cheaper brands 'under the train' in order to survive :/

[lnsru]

I am really sad about Skoda. Their current Superb is a wonderful car with great design. Design of current Passat is ugly as hell. If one cannot afford Audi A6, Skoda Superb is the only choice. After defeat device story VW group is anyway dead to me. I don’t want to finance these criminals. And I don’t believe in their EV initiative. They do it only to make people forget the story with defeat device.

[krn]

> If one cannot afford Audi A6, Skoda Superb is the only choice.

I completely agree with this. In fact, in my country many people are buying Škoda Superb even if they can afford Audi A6, because they don't see Audi A6 as being worth 2x the price.

> After defeat device story VW group is anyway dead to me.

I noticed that all Volkswagen and smaller Audi cars released after 2015 came with much lower interior quality (more scratchy plastics), but the quality of Škoda and Seat cars has noticeably increased.

> And I don’t believe in their EV initiative. They do it only to make people forget the story with defeat device.

No, they do it in order not to become the Nokia of automotive industry after iPhone's release. Because that's where the entire European market is heading after the introduction of stricter emission standards.

[petre]

The GP is right about infrastructure though. If EU states do not offer incentives for charging stations, the EVs will be worthless and they'll just shoot themselves and the auto industry in the foot with all the stricter emissions standards. Especially the Germans.

[Invictus0]

Please try not to be so cynical. A $50B investment in EV is obviously not just a PR whitewash.

[lnsru]

Company putting defeat devices in millions of cars can do anything. I just don’t trust them, though I was great fan of this brand decade ago.

[clouddrover]

> Skoda is allowed to have only 2 EV models in next few years

The Skoda Vision iV is not a bad looking EV:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O72uf9DNakk

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1g9xl6W_E