For the car giant, how to “swallow” the turbulent Chinese market for electric vehicles may still be the biggest headache. But it is foreseeable that in this difficult battle to increase the proportion of pure electric vehicles from 0.3% to 40%, Volkswagen and the genius Musk’s Tesla “empire” will have a fierce battle.
Passive blood loss and death, or bleeding transformation
“If the elephant can dance, then the ant must leave the stage.” IBM former CEO Gerstner once had such a famous saying. But even in the face of such a huge opponent of the Volkswagen Group, Tesla’s competitiveness can not be underestimated.
The German manager magazine recently reported that Volkswagen intends to acquire Tesla shares and try to acquire the latter’s technology. The article claims that Diss regularly meets with Musk, but Musk has not yet revealed his intention to cooperate, and quoted a public executive as saying, “If you can, Des will take immediate action.” Public news spokesperson Pietro Zollino responded by saying: “It’s purely speculative.”
However, for years of entanglements and contests, this is not the first time that the world’s largest auto giant and the most well-known electric car player have heard “gossip”.
According to foreign media reports, investors such as Volkswagen and Silver Lake had planned to invest $30 billion in Tesla to support their privatization, but were rejected by Musk, who hoped to continue to have absolute control over the company. Others said that the biggest obstacle to Volkswagen’s acquisition of Tesla shares was the obstruction of Pi皮ch and the Porsche family, which owned 53.1% of the Volkswagen Group.
With the decline in battery costs, pressure from regulators, and government subsidies, traditional car companies such as Volkswagen, General Motors, and Ford have been seriously electrified, and the pace of change far exceeds market analysts’ expectations, which is destined to change global electric The power of the car market is compared.
As the electric vehicle market matures, Tesla, which has so far failed to achieve sustained profitability, will face greater capacity and capital pressure, while the Volkswagen Group, which has sold more than 10 million vehicles a year, has significant advantages in terms of resources. According to LMC Automotive’s forecast, by 2025, the global electric car sales crown will be transferred to the public. By then, the annual sales of Volkswagen’s pure electric vehicles will reach 1.416 million, which will be more than three times that of Tesla.
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However, winning this battle is far from easy.