Volkswagen Phasing Out of Fossil Fuel-Powered Automobiles

German automaker Volkswagen will no longer build internal-combustion engine vehicles at its Zwickau plant in Mosel, in its transition to the production of electric cars. The plant will henceforth produce only EVs for Volkswagen, Audi, and Seat.

Some say that this rapid change in strategy resulted from the horrific public relations backlash from the emissions scandal a few years ago.

At the time, I was surprised the company survived; I thought that most car owners would have joined me in refusing to do business with a criminal organization.  Apparently, that’s not the case.

I believe that had this happened 20 years before it did, however, it would have bankrupted the company.  That was an era when corporate criminality was very rare, or at least much better hidden.  Now, it’s par for the course.  Nestle steals water, Monsanto poisons our food, ExxonMobil lies about climate change, Chevron dumps toxic waste in Ecuador, Johnson & Johnson puts asbestos in its talcum powder, Walmart forces employees to work off the clock, cheating them out of required overtime pay, and Wells Fargo forces customers to buy unnecessary auto insurance policies.

Where’s the outrage?