Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in Germany last week to look at the construction of the Gigafactory near Berlin. Then he made a detour to Wolfsburg, where he passed Volkswagen.
Tesla and Volkswagen look at each other as new and established car giants. Within the Volkswagen Group, the performance of Tesla is viewed with a certain admiration, although it also shows itself to be combative. In any case, there seems to be respect. Tesla boss Elon Musk was in Germany last week and it has come to a meeting between the two top executives of both companies. Musk was formally there to visit the Tesla factory under construction near Berlin, but then made a stopover at Braunschweig Airport, near Wolfsburg.
Elon Musk gets out of the ID.3 in question.
Musk met there with Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess and even drove with the German in the ID.3. The two got into a gray copy from Volkswagen’s private terminal and Musk was then allowed to test the electric car on a runway, Diess also posted today. a video on his LinkedIn account. Musk was clearly interested in the specifications and Diess was happy to explain the ID.3 in detail. “I look forward to our next meeting,” said Diess below the video. It is not known whether it was just a friendly get-together or whether there is more to it. Tesla reportedly wants to launch a smaller model under the Model 3. Who knows, the meeting may have something to do with it.