Volkswagen CEO calls out to Musk: I want to take away your market share

"Hello Twitter! I will be making an impact here with the Volkswagen Group. And, @ElonMusk, of course we will take some of your market share. Our ID.3 and e-tron have won the first European markets and we are looking forward to having fruitful discussions with you." The above content was the first message posted by Volkswagen Group CEO Diess on Twitter on January 20.

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According to a January 21 morning news report, over the past year, American electric car manufacturers have been busy building factories in Germany, the headquarters of the old car company Volkswagen. Against this backdrop, Volkswagen's CEO couldn't sit still and decided to fight back on Elon Musk's home turf, that is, Twitter.

In his first tweet on social media on Wednesday, Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess said the automaker was catching up to Tesla in market share and winning the battle for European consumers.

Of course, this is most likely a joke between the two. It is reported that the two have maintained a good relationship for many years. Before this, foreign media also reported that in the European pure electric market in October 2020, Volkswagen ID.3 topped the European electric vehicle sales list with 10,475 units sold, and it was the only model with sales exceeding 10,000, while Tesla Model 3 fell out of the top 10 in Europe.