U-Herbert Diess, umlawuli olawulayo wangoku weVolkswagen Group, wayeyisinyathelo esinye sokuthatha i-Tesla ngo-2015, ngokumenywa kuka-Elon Musk ngokwakhe.
Ngokutsho kweBusiness Insider, i-Musk kunye ne-Diess yasondela kwi-2014, nangaphambi kokuba u-Diess ashiye i-BMW, apho wayeyintloko yeSebe loPhando kunye noPhuhliso.
UDiess wayekwi”crosshairs” kaMusk ngenxa yendima ebaluleke kakhulu ekusungulweni kwe “Project i” yakwaBMW ekuqaleni kweminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, eya kufikelela kuvuthondaba ngokuphehlelelwa kwe100% yombane iBMW i3 kunye neplug-in hybrid BMW i8. .
I-Diess yayinezicwangciso ezinqwenelekayo zecandelo elithi "i" le-brand yaseMunich, kodwa akazange akwazi ukufumana inkxaso evela kubaphathi, ngakumbi emva kokusebenza kwentengiso ye-i3. Ngokutsho kwe-Automobilwoche, i-Diess yayifuna ukongeza i-BMW i5 "ukucofa unyawo lwayo" kwi-Tesla Model S, iprojekthi eyayisondele ekugqityweni kodwa ekugqibeleni yachithwa emva kokuba u-Diess ehambile.
Kwi-2014, u-Herbert Diess washiya i-BMW, kwaye wayeza kusayina isivumelwano, kamva ngaloo nyaka, kunye neQela leVolkswagen - wayeza kuthatha imisebenzi kaSihlalo weBhodi yabaLawuli ngomhla we-1 kaJulayi 2015. Ngokutsho kwe-Automotive News Yurophu, uTesla wayesele ene- isivumelwano se-CEO (CEO) esilungele ukusayinwa ngu-Diess, ngaloo ndlela "ukhulula" uMusk, owayefuna ukugxila kwisikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo (umongameli) wenkampani.
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U-Herbert Diess akazange aphendule malunga nokuba kutheni wakhetha i-Volkswagen Group kwaye wenqaba isikhundla se-CEO e-Tesla, kodwa inyaniso kukuba, nangona ukhuphiswano lwemarike yemoto "lunyanzeliswa", u-Herbert Diess kunye no-Elon Musk bahlala besondelene. Okuye kwakhokelela kumahemuhemu okuba lo "mtshato" unokuthatha i-contours entsha ngo-2023, xa isivumelwano se-Diess kunye neqela laseJamani siphela.
Okwangoku, bobabini banikele ingqalelo ngakumbi kunangaphambili koko kwenziwa ngomnye. Khumbula ukuba kutsha nje u-Herbert Diess ngokuzingca unikezele nge-ID.3 yeVolkswagen "yakhe" kuMusk, owancoma kakhulu uphawu lombane lwaseWolfsburg. Oku kubangele i-selfie "ephilayo" ebonisa eli nqaku.