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Volkswagen CEO to Tesla

Source: Volkswagen CEO: 'Anything You [Tesla] Can Do, We Can Do Better'

Though Tesla is years ahead of VW’s plans for electrification, and the Silicon Valley automaker plans to be producing 500,000 cars a year by the end of next year, and perhaps one million by 2020, VW believes it will win. Volkswagen brand boss, Herbert Diess, said at a recent press conference: "Anything Tesla can do, we can surpass."

Unsaid,"Ve just chose not to anything."

Bob Wilson

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Possible uptick in new car mileage

I'm a little squeamish about posting what could be normal, statistical variation. But the chart also relates to the tapering down of Prius hatch back sales in September 2013: Average Fuel Economy On the Rise Again

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Data compiled by University of Michigan’s Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle show the average fuel economy of new vehicles sold in April 2017 was its highest all year, after January and February reported 25.1 mpg and March had 25.2 mpg. The 25.3-mpg figure also matches the highest its been since August 2014, when it was 25.5 mpg.

The more interesting phenomena is the plateau that started the middle of 2014. In effect, buyers were no longer selecting fuel efficient cars to the same degree. There were many reports suggesting SUVs and pickups had became much more...

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