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  • they aren't trying to lead

  • VW admitted in so many words that it is refusing to take a lead in the environmentally-friendly car race. The Volkswagen chairman of the board Martin Winterkorn has stated repeatedly that the market of today is "inappropriate" for the mass release of all-electric cars due to charging times and prices of li-ion batteries. "It's a marathon, not a race," he says about the commercialization of e-cars. And so, he and the rest of the board are content to sit back and watch as everyone else does the work in research, development, and implementation of powerful, reliable new batteries in their fleets. In "the next decade," he says, VW will release a series of cars that have adopted li-ion technology.
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