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It wouldn’t, even traditional car manufacturers like VW are massively ramping up their electric car production. They just don’t have Elon musk for PR

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They also do not have the technology, the software capabilities or the charging network. In fact all they have is PR right now. Their EV offering is at 5 to 8 years behind Tesla and and they are moving slower in R&D.

> the software capabilities

Am I wrong or the cars were running software for at least a decade? What kind of software can’t VW develop?

Traditional manufactures software sucks in every way possible

Voltswagen definitely made some noise. I think the other large car manufacturers have been learning a few tricks.

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