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VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mixed feelings, I like VW but I don't really like Rivian.

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m in the opposite camp. What are the reasons you don’t like Rivian? (I don’t like VW because we had not one, but two vehicles caught up in Dieselgate. They’re dead to me. Which is a shame because I really liked them.)

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For what it's worth, all automakers had illegally high emissions (well apart from Tesla I guess). This is something I never see people bring up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal

VW wasn't even close to being the worst for it (surprisingly they were among the least bad). They were just the first to be tested, and their leadership owned up to breaking the law immediately, meaning news media could happily call them out without fear of a libel/slander case.

VW alone took the PR hit for an entire shady industry.