Volkswagen says it can't afford an electric Golf
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Volkswagen's chief executive tells staff in a memo that the company cannot afford an electric version of the Golf, as financial pressure affects its next-generation model.

An internal memo from Volkswagen’s chief executive tells staff the company ‘can’t afford’ to build an electric version of the Golf, its most important model, as financial pressure reshapes development of the next generation.

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  • Callum MontgomeryEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Remember the Mk7 Golf EV? Tell me this one is different. Same grovelling excuses, same empty promises.

  • Edward BeaumontEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Volkswagen built the Golf into the default car of an entire continent, then discovered the electric version is apparently a luxury item. Ten years of “the future is electric” and the grand plan turns out to be a spreadsheet that says no. Here in Britain we already watched the Golf get bought as the sensible choice by people who did the sums properly.