Tesla and VW are the EV industry’s hottest frenemies

Last Thursday, 200 Volkswagen executives gathered for a conference in Alpbach, Austria, to discuss the electric transform the Group, with special reference to the conversion of the Wolfsburg plant, the company’s headquarters. Well that sounds pretty boring, but trust me, it gets better. There was one special and utterly unexpected guest who joined the meeting from far-off Texas… Elon Musk. Yep, you read that right. In fact it was Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess himself who invited Musk to join the meeting via video call. Turning your enemy into a friend?! As participants of the conference reported to the German newspaper…

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