美國東部時間10月26日，據electrek報道，大眾汽車（Volkswagen Group）提出了可能是迄今為止最雄心勃勃的主張：到2020年他們將擁有與特斯拉一樣好的電動汽車，并且價格是特斯拉的一半。

大眾汽車CEO Herbert Diess最近表示：“我們現在已經很強大，我們向電動汽車投了300億，我們已經在Zwickau有了一座工廠，還準備在上海建一座電動汽車工廠。2020年，我們會推出很棒的電動汽車，它像特斯拉汽車一樣強，但是價格便宜一半?！?/p>

在汽車行業中，主機廠商很少公開承認要對標哪家公司。但大眾在電動汽車領域顯然一直在追趕特斯拉。

去年，Diess說，他把特斯拉視為他們的主要競爭對手；

當談到一款“可以像特斯拉那樣做任何事情”、“價格減半”的電動汽車時，Diess透露可能會引用I．D． （大眾汽車品牌未來I．D．家族）概念，這款車將被命名為“Neo”因為這是他們計劃在2020年發布的首款新電動汽車。（大眾I．D家族第一款量產上市的車型I．D．Neo。也是大眾在排放門之后盡快實現對消費者承諾的一款純電動車型，投入巨大。）

甚至在2016年推出這一概念車之前，大眾汽車就宣布將在電動范圍內通過曲解nedc級別（“New European Driving Cycle”，是歐洲的續航測試標準）的Model 3車型，擊敗Model 3和Model X。

多年來，大眾一直在鼓吹I．D．，想用它打敗特斯拉，但是關于I．D．汽車的性能及其它細節，我們一無所知。大眾也沒有透露I．D．的價格，但是據說要2．8萬美元。比Model 3便宜，還不到它價格的一半。

這款車預計將于2020年登陸歐洲和中國，之后將登陸北美。

以下為英文原文：

The Volkswagen Group has made several ambitious claims about its effort to go electric since it was hit by the Dieselgate scandal．

Now they make arguably their most ambitious claim yet： that they’ll have electric vehicles as good as Tesla’s for half the price by 2020．

VW boss Herbert Diess made the comment on the ZDF program “Maybrit Illner” when talking about the automaker’s electrification effort （translated from German）：

“Here we come very strong now． We have invested 30 billion in electromobility， we have already rededicated a plant in Zwickau， and we are building an electric vehicle plant in Shanghai． We will come in 2020 with vehicles that can do anything like Tesla and are cheaper by half．”

It’s rare in the auto industry that automakers will acknowledge other automakers by name publicly like that， but Volkswagen has been clearly going after Tesla in its electrification effort．

Last year， Diess said that ‘ he sees Tesla as their main competitor；’．

When talking about an EV that “can do anything like Tesla” and “is half the price”， Diess is presumably referencing the I．D． Concept， which is expected to be called ‘Neo’ （pictured above）， since it’s the first new EV they plan to release in 2020．

Before even unveiling the concept in 2016， VW announced that it would beat the Model 3 and Model X in electric range by misrepresenting the NEDC－rated range of the Model 3． In a presentation， it pinned the two vehicles against each other even though they are both unreleased yet and they are planned to be released years apart．

As for the price， VW hasn’t confirmed it yet， but they have been talking about 25，000 euros （～＄28，000）， which is less expensive than the Model 3， but not half the price．

The vehicle is expected to hit Europe and China in 2020 and come to North America later．

作者：陳婧涵