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VOLKSWAGEN CEO CRITICIZES TESLA FOR LOW PRODUCTION, LACK OF PROFITS
VW CEO批評Tesla賣沒幾輛車又賺不到什麼錢
Oh, snap
Until Tesla came along, electric cars were mostly glorified golf carts and
one-off garage projects. But with the success of the Model S, Tesla not only
changed how people think of electric vehicles, it also pushed the rest of the
auto industry to take EVs seriously. Because Tesla has established itself as
the most popular electric automaker in the world, you might think legacy
automakers are afraid it will drive them out of business before they can
catch up. Based on CEO Matthias Müller’s recent comments, though, it sounds
like he still thinks it will be a while before Tesla becomes a true threat.
Tesla出現前，電動車通常只是漂亮一點的高爾夫球車，買了一次就不想再買。
但隨著Model S的成功，不僅改變了人們對於電動車的印象，
也推動了其他的車廠，讓他們認真看待電動車。
因為Tesla使自己成為這世界上最受歡迎的電動車車廠，
你可能會想傳統車廠會不會害怕自己在追上之前就出局了。
根據CEO Matthias Muller最近的評論，
聽起來他仍然認為Tesla要成為真正威脅前還有一段時間。
During a recent panel discussion on the future of electric cars, the
moderator said something about the attention Tesla gets for selling EVs. And
while he didn’t criticize the cars themselves, Müller took that opportunity
to level some sharp criticisms at Tesla as a company. Specifically, he took
issue with Tesla’s relatively low production volume, continued losses, and
the recent firing of several hundred employees.
在近期一次關於電動車未來的會議討論中，主持人提到了Tesla
Muller抓住了這個機會批評Tesla車賣的少又燒錢、而且最近還開除了幾百名員工
“Now I really need to say a few words about Tesla: With all due respect,
there are some world champions of big announcements in this world – I don’t
want to name names. There are companies that barely sell 80,000 cars a year.
Then there are companies like Volkswagen that sell 11 million cars this year,
and produce a profit of 13 or 14 billion euro. If I am correctly informed,
Tesla each quarter destroys millions of dollars in the three digits, and it
willy-nilly fires its workers. Social responsibility? Please. We should not
get carried away and compare apples with oranges,” said Müller, according
to the Daily Kanban‘s translation.
Muller：
關於Tesla我真的想講幾句話。
恕我直言，在這世界上有些公司在發布重大訊息方面就是世界冠軍-我不想明講是誰
有些公司一年就只賣了8萬輛車。
但像VW這樣的公司，今年就賣了1100萬輛車，而且賺了130或140億歐元。
如果我的消息沒錯的話，Tesla每季都是幾億幾億美金的在燒錢，
不管三七二十一的開除員工，說好的社會責任呢？
拜託! 我們不應該被牽著鼻子走還把蘋果跟橘子拿來做比較。
This isn’t the first time Müller has dismissed Tesla as a competitor,
either. Back in September, he told CNBC that he doesn’t see Tesla as a
threat to Volkswagen. “We respect any competitor, including Tesla,” he said
at the time. “[But] it seems that their business model is different from
ours.”
這不是第一次Muller駁斥Tesla是一個競爭對手。
在九月時，他跟CNBC說他看不到Tesla對VW的威脅在哪裡。
"我們尊敬任何競爭者，包括Tesla。但他們的商業模式似乎跟我們的不同。"
Soon, however, Volkswagen and Tesla will compete much more directly than they
do now. VW recently confirmed plans to produce the I.D. Buzz electric
microbus concept, and by 2025, its plan is to offer at least 30 all-electric
vehicles, including a production version of the Porsche Mission E concept,
which will be aimed directly at the Model S.
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VW CEO看起來很討厭有人把Tesla捧的太高，甚至是拿來跟VW比較
他應該是認為Tesla就只是間產量不足還在燒錢的小公司，根本不夠格跟VW相提並論 XD
但去批評人家因績效評比而開除了約4-700名員工，說不負社會責任這種話好像罵到自己了
VW去年因為柴油門事件也裁撤了約3萬名員工，今年五月也才剛裁掉了一千多人
做為一間創立才剛滿14年的新車廠來說，Tesla目前產量不高又燒錢也沒什麼好奇怪的
Muller這樣7pupu的批評，大概是工作壓力很大吧...