Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess joined Twitter on Wednesday with a lighthearted jibe at experienced rival Elon Musk. In his 1st tweet on the microblogging platform, Mr Deiss warned Elon Musk that they had been coming soon after Tesla’s marketplace share, and reminded the world’s newly-crowned richest individual that Volkswagen was currently winning the the marketplace for electric automobiles in Europe.
Electric auto manufacturer Tesla is today counted amongst the world’s most beneficial automobile corporation, and its CEO Elon Musk, 49, not too long ago dethroned Amazon boss Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest individual. Since becoming CEO of Volkswagen in 2018, having said that, Herbert Diess has been creating efforts to capture the marketplace for electric automobiles which is today dominated by Tesla.
“Hello @Twitter! I’m here to make an impact with @VWGroup, especially on political issues. And, of course, to get some of your market shares, @elonmusk – after all, our ID.3 and e-tron have won the first markets in Europe. Looking forward to productive discussions!” wrote Mr Diess.
He was likely referring to how the 1st mass-marketplace electric automobiles of its VW and Audi brands performed properly in Europe, explains The Verge.
Hello @Twitter! I’m right here to make an effect with @VWGroup, particularly on political concerns. And, of course, to get some of your marketplace shares, @elonmusk – soon after all, our ID.3 and e-tron have won the 1st markets in Europe. Looking forward to productive discussions!
— Herbert Diess (@Herbert_Diess) January 20, 2021
His tweet received almost 4,000 ‘likes’ and hundreds of responses.
According to Electrek, a news internet site devoted to electric transportation and sustainable power, Mr Diess and Mr Musk are believed to have a friendly connection.
In 2019, Elon Musk had offered Mr Diess a shout-out on Twitter, writing that he was “doing more than any big carmaker to go electric”.
Herbert Diess is carrying out more than any massive carmaker to go electric. The excellent of the globe need to come 1st. For what it really is worth, he has my help.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 24, 2019
For his element, Mr Diess has frequently publicly praised Elon Musk. On LinkedIn final year, the German CEO had written: “Elon Musk delivers results that many didn’t think possible.”
The two met final year when Mr Diess gave Tesla’s CEO a preview of the ID.3 and the ID.4 electric automobiles in Berlin, Germany.
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