[Newsbot]

Title: Official: Volkswagen's US arm changes name to Voltswagen of America
Category: Business
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2021-03-30 07:45:12
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

Shocking, but I think it has potential.

[llama66]

This is jolt for their image.

[bootlegga]

What an electrifying choice!

[PluggyRug]

Watt they are doing should mitigate charges and lower the reluctance to people who don't work from ohm. It should make a large potential difference.

[DrCaleb]

It should definitely induce more choice in a reluctor consumer.

[DrCaleb]

Update: Voltswagen's US name change was just a marketing stunt


ha ha. Very funny.

[Scape]

A lot of people are not laughing. Something about market manipulation:

Volkswagen pulls name-change stunt after it backfires on social media

$1:

The statement was criticized on social media, with some commentators recalling the company’s diesel-emissions scandal and years of misleading customers and regulators.

Automotive News, in a blog post titled “VW lied to sell diesels; now it lied to sell EVs,” said the automaker “still seems to think lying to the public is an acceptable corporate strategy.”

The initial statement outlining the name change, posted on its website and accompanied by tweets, was reported by Reuters and other outlets globally and included a detailed description of its purported rebranding efforts and new logos.

The company pulled it late on Tuesday.

[DrCaleb]

I was never going to buy a Hitlermobile anyhow. But it shows just how low a company can sink.