Tesla making it hard for Volkswagen to survive

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Volkswagen’s aim of becoming the largest seller of Electric vehicles will have to face a tough road along with Tesla by 2025.

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The CEO has admitted that it’s rival Tesla is stronger than they expected them to be and it will be a tough race.

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Last year, Volkswagen’s Herbett Diess was heavily criticized for benchmarking Volkswagen against Tesla and distinguishing the company's agility.

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With Tesla’s first gigantic factory at Berlin this year, its peers Volkswagen and BMW have been challenged.

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Volkswagen's aim for the U.S market is to double the share by 10% creating a demand for additional plants as well as local battery production.

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Diess said he still sees a chance of beating Tesla and becoming world’s No.1 by 2025 signaling a bigger product offering.

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This whole conversation happened at ‘Motion,Auto,Arts,Architecture’ an exhibition exploring parallels between the automobile and art world.

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The cheapest electric car in the United States

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