Volkswagen's race with Tesla will be tight, Diess says

Reuters

Published Jun 01, 2022 04:18AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) works at twice the industry pace in many processes but still needs to ramp up highly complex factories and find qualified workers to win the electric vehicle race, Volkswagen (ETR:VOWG_p)'s chief executive said on Wednesday.

The U.S. carmaker, posing a challenge to German electric vehicle production with its new plant near Berlin, had the advantage of a blank slate start and a small number of models, Diess said, making it easier to scale.