U-Herbert Diess, umqondisi omkhulu wamanje weVolkswagen Group, ubesele nesinyathelo esisodwa sokuthatha izintambo eTesla ngo-2015, ngesimemo sika-Elon Musk ngokwakhe.
Ngokusho kweBusiness Insider, uMusk noDiess basondelana ngo-2014, nangaphambi kokuba uDiess ashiye kwaBMW, lapho ayeyinhloko yomnyango wezoCwaningo neNtuthuko.
U-Diess ubekwi-“crosshairs” kaMusk ngenxa yeqhaza alibambile ekwethuleni i-“Project i” yakwa-BMW ekuqaleni kweminyaka eyishumi edlule, ezofinyelela umvuthwandaba ngokuthi kwethulwe i-BMW i3 kagesi engu-100% kanye ne-plug-in hybrid BMW i8. .
U-Diess wayenezinhlelo ezifisayo zokuhlukaniswa kwe-"i" yomkhiqizo waseMunich, kodwa akazange akwazi ukuthola ukwesekwa kwabaphathi, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokusebenza kwezentengiselwano kwe-i3. Ngokusho kwe-Automobilwoche, i-Diess ibifuna ukwengeza i-BMW i5 ukuze “icofe unyawo lwayo” ku-Tesla Model S, iphrojekthi ebisizophothulwa kodwa yagcina ichithiwe ngemuva kokuhamba kuka-Diess.
Ngo-2014, u-Herbert Diess washiya i-BMW, futhi wayezosayina inkontileka, kamuva ngalowo nyaka, ne-Volkswagen Group - wayezothatha imisebenzi kaSihlalo weBhodi Labaqondisi ngomhla ka-1 July 2015. Ngokusho kwe-Automotive News Europe, u-Tesla wayesenayo inkontileka yesikhundla se-CEO (CEO) esilungele ukusayinwa ngu-Diess, ngaleyo ndlela "ekhulula" u-Musk, owayefuna ukugxila esikhundleni sakhe njengosihlalo (umongameli) wenkampani.
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U-Herbert Diess akakaze aphendule ngokuthi kungani ekhethe i-Volkswagen Group futhi wenqaba isikhundla se-CEO e-Tesla, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi, naphezu kokuncintisana ukuthi imakethe yezimoto "iphoqa", u-Herbert Diess no-Elon Musk bahlala beseduze. Okuze kwaholela emahlebezi okuthi lo “mshado” ungase ubhekane nezinkinga ezintsha ngo-2023, lapho kuphela inkontileka kaDiess neqembu laseJalimane.
Njengamanje, bobabili banake kakhulu kunangaphambili kulokho omunye akwenzayo. Khumbula ukuthi muva nje u-Herbert Diess ngokuziqhenya wethule “yakhe” iVolkswagen ID.3 kuMusk, oncome kakhulu uhlobo lukagesi lwaseWolfsburg. Lokhu kuholele kusithombe ozishuthe sona “esiphilayo” esibonisa lesi sihloko.