Episode

Volkswagen Says Gas Cars Will Fade Like Horses Did

Podcast
Autoblog News
Published
Jun 7, 2026
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://www.autoblog.com/news/volkswagen-says-gas-cars-will-fade-like-horses-did
Audio
https://www.autoblog.com/.image/NzowMDAwMDAwMDAxMTI2MDg5/2027-volkswagen-id-polo-gti.jpg?profile=rss
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/autoblog-news-1708029/episodes/volkswagen-says-gas-cars-will-fade-like-horses-did
Markdown
/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/volkswagen-says-gas-cars-will-fade-like-horses-did.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autoblog-news-1708029/episodes/volkswagen-says-gas-cars-will-fade-like-horses-did/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/volkswagen-says-gas-cars-will-fade-like-horses-did.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Volkswagen believes the shift from internal combustion vehicles to electric cars will happen naturally over time, comparing it to the transition from horses to automobiles more than a century ago. Speaking to Auto Express, Volkswagen sales and marketing boss Martin Sander argued that the industry ...