Although Tesla and Volkswagen are competitors in many markets, their bosses have a surprisingly warm relationship.
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Elon Musk, head of Tesla, recently visited Europe, where he had a fairly extensive program. The main goal was to visit the growing Berlin plant Gigafactory, which should significantly contribute to increasing sales on the old continent after its launch.
The second stop also concerned the Berlin Gigafactory, but this time Musk was to meet with officials and representatives of Germany, with whom he was dealing with questions regarding the construction of a new plant. And according to available reports, the negotiations were said to have been positive.
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The third stop then led to CureVac, which cooperates with Tesla on the development and production of special RNA printers. At the same time, this technology should significantly accelerate the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine that the company is preparing.
After completing the officialities, Musk was to board his private plane at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, and everyone expected his journey to end. However, the German magazine Handelsblatt reported that after only 26 minutes of flight, a private Gulfstream G650 jet landed at Braunschweig Airport.
This is an airport near Wolfsburg, the headquarters of Volkswagen, which is related to the fact that Elon Musk met Herbert Diess, the head of Volkswagen. The meeting was first confirmed by a VW spokesman, and later admitted by Diess himself, through a short video posted on the LinkedIn professional network.
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This confirmed the information that the new Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars were to be presented during the meeting, which Diess was to have delivered to Braunschweig especially for Musk’s visit.
Musk briefly tested the ID.3 model directly at the airport in Braunschweig Airport, where Diess, his great admirer, kept him company in the passenger seat. The video shows that Musk tested the car’s acceleration and praised the driving. He also asked about the assistance systems that ID.3 has.
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Herbert Diess should have admired Tesla a long time ago for the courage and vigor with which she started the electrification revolution. A few hours before meeting Diess, Musk, on the other hand, wished Volkswagen good luck with their new electric cars and indicated that he said VW had all the prerequisites for success.
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It is also an open secret that during the brief reflections on the privatization of Tesla, Musk considered Volkswagen as one of the possible partners. It is not surprising that there is talk of possible future cooperation between the Tesla and Volkswagen brands.
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