Voltswagen of America

[Zalman3]

Tyska biljetten Volkswagen har av misstag råkat avslöja sitt nya namn för den amerikanska verksamheten, som är ”Voltswagen of America”, rapporterar CNBC.

https://www.di.se/live/volkswagen-byter ... v-misstag/

[mati]

Det är väl inte första april än? Är det på riktigt?

[OlleBack]

Det är väl inte första april än? Är det på riktigt?

Kanske var det att aprilskämtet läckte för tidigt? Måste ju vara det

[Zalman3]

Volkswagen Group of America (koncernens alla märken) meddelar att dotterbolaget Volkswagen of America (endast VW-märket) byter namn till Voltswagen of America. Man låter helt enkelt bokstaven ”k” försvinna för att ersättas av ett ”t”, som vi ser på den officiella bilden ovan.
Namnbytet träder i kraft redan i maj 2021, alltså om en dryg månad.

https://teknikensvarld.se/nyheter/bilbr ... fficiellt/

[Zalman3]

[Svenssons]

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Voltswagen ska naturligtvis uttalas på tyskt vis där V mer låter som ett F. Då blir det med engelsk stavning Faultswaagen...

[HelectriC]

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Voltswagen ska naturligtvis uttalas på tyskt vis där V mer låter som ett F. Då blir det med engelsk stavning Faultswaagen...

Fyndigt! Men just "volt" på tyska uttalas med "V" och inte "F"-ljud.

[mati]

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Voltswagen ska naturligtvis uttalas på tyskt vis där V mer låter som ett F. Då blir det med engelsk stavning Faultswaagen...

Fyndigt! Men just "volt" på tyska uttalas med "V" och inte "F"-ljud.

Fast jag funderar på om det även hade varit så om inte "Volt" hade varit ett namn som råkar uttalas Wolt. Nästan alla andra ord som börjar på V uttalas ju som F... Och inte minst Folkswagen. Så sett har Svenssons nog rätt. Faultswagen låter bra.

[Bjelke]

+-poäng till Svenssons

[Zalman3]

Hur slutar detta aprilskämt?
Blir det böter från SEC?

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Detroit | Volkswagen of America issued false statements this week saying it would change its brand name to “Voltswagen” to stress its commitment to electric vehicles, only to reverse course and admit the supposed name change was a joke.

Mark Gillies, a company spokesman, confirmed on Wednesday (AEDT) the statement had been a pre-April Fool’s Day joke, after having insisted on Monday the release was legitimate and the name change accurate. The company’s false statement was distributed again on Tuesday, saying the brand-name change reflected a shift to more battery-electric vehicles.

New Volkswagen ID.3 electric automobiles at the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg. The company is challenging Tesla as the global leader in EVs, but its name change joke fell a bit flat. Bloomberg

Volkswagen’s intentionally fake news release, highly unusual for a major public company, coincides with its efforts to repair its image as it tries to recover from a 2015 scandal in which it cheated on government emissions tests and allowed diesel-powered vehicles to illegally pollute the air.

In that scandal, Volkswagen admitted about 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with the deceptive software. The software reduced nitrogen oxide emissions when the cars were placed on a test machine but allowed higher emissions and improved engine performance during normal driving. The scandal cost Volkswagen $US35 billion in fines and civil settlements and led to the recall of millions of vehicles.

The company’s fake news release, leaked on Monday then repeated in a mass email to reporters on Tuesday, resulted in articles about the name change in multiple media outlets, including the Associated Press.

“We might be changing out our K for a T, but what we aren’t changing is this brand’s commitment to making best-in-class vehicles for drivers and people everywhere,” Scott Keogh, president and CEO of Volkswagen of America, said in the release.

The fake release could land Volkswagen in trouble with US securities regulators because its stock price rose nearly 5 per cent on Tuesday, the day the bogus statement was officially issued. Investors of late have been responding positively to news of companies increasing electric vehicle production, swelling the value of shares of Tesla as well as of some EV start-ups.

A battery-led revolution is changing the way you’ll move
James Cox, who teaches corporate and securities law at Duke University, said the Securities and Exchange Commission should take action to deal with such misinformation, which can distort stock prices.

“The whole market has gone crazy,” Mr Cox said. “We need to throw a pretty clear line in the sand, I believe, about what is permissible and what isn’t permissible.”

This week’s Volkswagen incident bears some similarity to one in 2018 in which Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk tweeted he had the funding secured to take the company private – a comment that drove up the stock price, Mr Cox noted. Later it was revealed the funding had not been lined up. Mr Musk and Tesla each agreed to pay $US20 million in penalties to the SEC.

https://www.afr.com/companies/transport ... 331-p57fls

[wheels]

Det visade sig vara ett aprilskämt trots allt, eller en "hype" om man så vill
https://alltomelbil.se/overraskande-nam ... gen-i-usa/

[MWall]

Det visade sig vara ett aprilskämt trots allt, eller en "hype" om man så vill
https://alltomelbil.se/overraskande-nam ... gen-i-usa/

Oväntat. Klart de inte kan döpa om sig med den historien de har.

[PoloPrinsen]

Men de har väl gasat ihjäl betydligt fler folk än antalet folk de har haft ihjäl genom elektrifiering? Så på så sätt så är det ju ett avstamp bort från deras smutsiga historia och in i en ny era. (Av förhoppningsvis bättre slag än den förra). Sen om man accepterar det som en ursäkt/omstart/whatewer är en annan sak och upp till var och en såklart.
Mvh PP.

Jo jag förstår att det är ett 1/4 skämt, men ville svara lite allvarligt ändå då deras historia inte alls är i närheten av fläckfri.

[martinot]

Hur slutar detta aprilskämt?
Blir det böter från SEC?

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Detroit | Volkswagen of America issued false statements this week saying it would change its brand name to “Voltswagen” to stress its commitment to electric vehicles, only to reverse course and admit the supposed name change was a joke.

Mark Gillies, a company spokesman, confirmed on Wednesday (AEDT) the statement had been a pre-April Fool’s Day joke, after having insisted on Monday the release was legitimate and the name change accurate. The company’s false statement was distributed again on Tuesday, saying the brand-name change reflected a shift to more battery-electric vehicles.

New Volkswagen ID.3 electric automobiles at the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg. The company is challenging Tesla as the global leader in EVs, but its name change joke fell a bit flat. Bloomberg

Volkswagen’s intentionally fake news release, highly unusual for a major public company, coincides with its efforts to repair its image as it tries to recover from a 2015 scandal in which it cheated on government emissions tests and allowed diesel-powered vehicles to illegally pollute the air.

In that scandal, Volkswagen admitted about 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with the deceptive software. The software reduced nitrogen oxide emissions when the cars were placed on a test machine but allowed higher emissions and improved engine performance during normal driving. The scandal cost Volkswagen $US35 billion in fines and civil settlements and led to the recall of millions of vehicles.

The company’s fake news release, leaked on Monday then repeated in a mass email to reporters on Tuesday, resulted in articles about the name change in multiple media outlets, including the Associated Press.

“We might be changing out our K for a T, but what we aren’t changing is this brand’s commitment to making best-in-class vehicles for drivers and people everywhere,” Scott Keogh, president and CEO of Volkswagen of America, said in the release.

The fake release could land Volkswagen in trouble with US securities regulators because its stock price rose nearly 5 per cent on Tuesday, the day the bogus statement was officially issued. Investors of late have been responding positively to news of companies increasing electric vehicle production, swelling the value of shares of Tesla as well as of some EV start-ups.

A battery-led revolution is changing the way you’ll move
James Cox, who teaches corporate and securities law at Duke University, said the Securities and Exchange Commission should take action to deal with such misinformation, which can distort stock prices.

“The whole market has gone crazy,” Mr Cox said. “We need to throw a pretty clear line in the sand, I believe, about what is permissible and what isn’t permissible.”

This week’s Volkswagen incident bears some similarity to one in 2018 in which Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk tweeted he had the funding secured to take the company private – a comment that drove up the stock price, Mr Cox noted. Later it was revealed the funding had not been lined up. Mr Musk and Tesla each agreed to pay $US20 million in penalties to the SEC.

https://www.afr.com/companies/transport ... 331-p57fls

Hoppas att de inte blir bötfällda. Jag tyckte det var kul och bra skämt/PR av VAG!

[Mickep]

Tycker det var ett passande aprilskämt. Synd bara att de läckte i förtid så nyhetsbyråerna gick varma, och de fick gå ut med dementi.

[HelectriC]

Fast ingen hade ju trott på det om det kom ut första april.

[martinot]

Tycker det var ett passande aprilskämt. Synd bara att de läckte i förtid så nyhetsbyråerna gick varma, och de fick gå ut med dementi.

Tror det var just poängen.

[martinot]

Fast ingen hade ju trott på det om det kom ut första april.

Exakt.

[Zalman3]

Blir det böter ändå?

It's Official: Volkswagen Under SEC Investigation Over Renaming Stunt.

VW’s Voltswagen debacle was no laughing matter to authorities.
Volkswagen's renaming stunt late last month has drawn the eye of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a new Der Spiegel report. The agency has opened an investigation into the company to determine if VW's poorly executed April Fools' Day joke announcing it would change its name to Voltswagen affected its stock price.

https://www.motor1.com/news/504447/vw-s ... ing-stunt/