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Volkswagen to shut three factories, axe jobs and cut pay by 10%, says union
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2024
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I dunno if you follow car stuff much. Chip shortage during COVID affected how many cars could be made. Manufacturers saved them for high margin high value cars. Already there is a smaller market for them. Plus, charging infrastructure in some countries is behind to the point where a lot of people are sticking to petrol. That's the wider picture.
On top of that VW made a really good EV platform and then screwed it up with a cheap interior, glitchy software, and frustrating laggy haptic buttons everywhere on cars that weren't exactly cheap. Why bother with that when you can get a Kia Niro (as an example) with more features, a massive warranty, more range, better interior for the same or less money?
As a regular driver of a range of different EV through carsharing: Yes, VW are infuriatingly bad at controls, buttons and the likes.
It may sound petty but it's really impacting driving negatively.
A car is a box on wheels that I only interact with through its controls. It ain’t petty to demand that those controls respond quickly and reliably.