Thread by @alex_avoigt

Audi CEO Duessman about L3 for the A8

"We will no longer adapt the current A8 to this technology - for reasons of our own quality and safety requirements."

First the delayed L3 for A8 and now cancelled

"The charging station infrastructure is not yet as advanced as it should be. That's why we need the efforts of the public sector, but also cooperation like Ionity (...) It is important that everyone in this field gives full speed. (...) For me, charging is the key to success "

Duessmann reply when he was asked about Battery Day and Battery Innovation

"It is no secret that the battery is increasingly becoming one of the most important competitive factors. Accordingly, we are making the battery a core competence within the Volkswagen Group."

"We are concentrating fully on electromobility, the only way we can make a sustainable contribution to climate goals quickly and efficiently. In the long term, synthetic fuels are also conceivable, if combustion engines are still to have their place in fifteen years' time."

CEU Duesmann

"Audi has provided proof of concept in various pilot plants: e-gas, e-gasoline, e-diesel. Now it is up to the mineral oil industry to switch from fossil to synthetic fuels. In the long term, these fuels can make vehicles already on the market CO2-neutral" 🤦‍♂️

"I think that synthetic fuels will play a role above all in air and sea transport and in heavy goods traffic over long distances. In the passenger car sector, synthetic fuels will tend to remain the exceptions."
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