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Thursday 31 December 2020

VW board backs CEO Diess’s ambitious electrification plans

Within the executive suites at every legacy automaker, there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions, which continually strive for mastery, like Zoroastrianism’s Asha and Druj.

Now Volkswagen Group Chairman Herbert Diess, a staunch EV advocate, has apparently won a major boardroom battle, clearing the way for him to proceed with his progressive plans for the German giant.

As Electrek reports, there had been rumblings of discontent about Diess’s ambitious electrification strategy, so he decided to force a vote of confidence by asking Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board to extend his contract a couple of years earlier than planned. At a recent meeting, the board unanimously voted to continue to back Diess and his electrification plans.

Read the whole news on chargedevs.com


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