Bit of a pig's breakfast: VW needs to hire some decent EV engineering talent... & disastrous decision to give the thing to reviewers to splash far and wide on the interwebs.


https://youtu.be/EotuxCptcM4

The whole VW Group is a mess currently. The German language is currently being ruined by a bunch of these gender fanatics who have a problem with how masculine etc. some words are. Audi is jumping on the bandwagon. 




Not just for men Audi: The German car company is switching to a gender language – abroad

The automaker has published a 13-page guide for its employees that guides them in the non-discriminatory use of language.

To the German The Audi car brand may be associated with male images, but now the carmaker has begun instructing its employees to use the most discriminatory language.

In early March, the company changed its internal and external communication to gender and expects similar linguistic communication from its employees.

As a result, the company, headquartered in Ingolstadt (Bavaria), has issued a 1

3-page instruction booklet for its employees. It instructs to use the language so that no one feels discriminated against.
About that I say including the newspaper Augsburger-Allgemeine.

German in the language the nouns have three grammatical clans: masculine, feminine, and neutrons, and besides, the genus may be expressed with different endings. Ref.

Under the new recommendations, Audi will start using a language that takes into account all genders. For example, the company instructs Audi employees to use the spelling "Audianer_innen", which takes into account both male and female employees.

Paying attention to gender sensitivity, Audi states that it strives to respect people and reduce discrimination. Chief Human Resources Officer of Audi Sabine Maassen said Augsburger-Allgemeine that gender-sensitive speeches "are a matter of respect and express an attitude towards discrimination as well as diversity."

In the instructions it is not simply emphasized that language should take into account both males and females. The car company's gender language guide directs employees to various opportunities. The leaflet describes terms and grammatical structures that can only be used for the disappearance of expressions related to a particular gender.

News about Audi's gender-sensitive language has sparked a lot of pros and cons on social media, I say RDN news site.


Link: https://verietyinfo.com/finlandeng/not-just-for-men-audi-the-german-car-company-is-switching-to-a-gender-language-abroad/

I've only seen part of this video so far, but the complaints all seem to be centered around electrify america and the integration?  Seems kind of like a strawman. This idea of cross country trips in electric vehicles is not going to be viable for awhile.  No one is really buying an electric car without having a reliable charging spot at home or work.

Sandy's grumpy about the ID4 too.
https://youtu.be/3oC9sUiwyL8

Of course.  Because the product is actually the car, not the stock he can get rich off of.

Why is the steering column white?  Yuck

Quote from: r0tor on April 19, 2021, 06:59:29 PM
Why is the steering column white?  Yuck

FUTURE. TECH.

Blame Apple?

I'm kind of surprised VW's top brass didn't pick up on this when they ran their comparisons between the pain factors of charging Teslas vs the ID4. They would have had both vehicles: taken them to their homes, lived with them for a month, involved their families etc.  I guarantee my wife & loved ones would have thrown the ID4's charge station experience back in my face.

Quote from: CaminoRacer on April 19, 2021, 10:55:59 PM
FUTURE. TECH.

Blame Apple?

Yup same design language as Apple circa 2004. Or those beige PCs that ended up yellow.

Quote from: Morris Minor on April 20, 2021, 06:21:50 AM
I'm kind of surprised VW's top brass didn't pick up on this when they ran their comparisons between the pain factors of charging Teslas vs the ID4. They would have had both vehicles: taken them to their homes, lived with them for a month, involved their families etc.  I guarantee my wife & loved ones would have thrown the ID4's charge station experience back in my face.

Every time a new EV in unveiled it's "doom for Tesla".... Only to find out Tesla still has the better product and experience

Quote from: Morris Minor on April 20, 2021, 06:21:50 AM
I'm kind of surprised VW's top brass didn't pick up on this when they ran their comparisons between the pain factors of charging Teslas vs the ID4. They would have had both vehicles: taken them to their homes, lived with them for a month, involved their families etc.  I guarantee my wife & loved ones would have thrown the ID4's charge station experience back in my face.

Isn't the charging pain only at actual charging stations, not at home? At home charging is pretty simple, just plug in. Or did VW screw that up?