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VW Chases Tesla's Electric Dreams
When you screw up, it's best not to sit on your hands.
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Mid-way through the presentation of a new electric-vehicle at the Paris motor show on Thursday, Volkswagen made everyone watch an honest and rather heartfelt video whose theme was basically this: if you royally screw up you can either sit on your hands or try to change. VW's doing the latter in a big way.
Herbert Diess, head of the VW brand, pledged the world's biggest maker of dirty diesels will completely change its spots: it plans to become the global market leader in electric cars instead.