Honestly, I thought Voltswagen was a great idea. JerryRigEverything (@ZacksJerryRig) March 31, 2021
Many others climbed aboard sarcastically.
Volkswagen is going to call its American electric cars Voltswagen. Nice nice. Now looking forward to the launch of Ampassador, Maruti Ohmni and Ford Fuseion. Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) March 30, 2021
Voltswagen: Not the company responsible for dieselgate. #ProblemSolvedGuys techAU (@techAU) March 29, 2021
BREAKING: With the fanfare of the Mach-E Mustang and as way of not being outpaced by Voltswagen, Ford will reportedly rename itself Cord in a nod to how their EV fleet will connect to the power grid to charge. David Obuchowski (@DavidOfromNJ) March 30, 2021
An other sub-category of the gullible belongs to those who fell for the trick but landed staunchly against it as a concept.
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