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VW CEO Blasts EV Charging Venture’s Station After Italy Trip
- Diess says Ionity offered ‘anything but’ a premium experience
- Comments are the latest reflecting German executives’ concern
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For vacationing Volkswagen AG boss Herbert Diess, recharging his batteries proved difficult in more ways than one.
The chief executive officer took to social media on Thursday to scold Ionity GmbH, the charging venture part-owned by VW, over a regrettable experience driving an ID.3 to a summer destination. Diess said he had trouble finding a working plug along the Brenner Pass that links Austria to Italy.