VW to officially become Voltswagen?

[BruceK]

There's a report out that Volkswagen is going to change it's corporate brand name to Voltswagen.    Because the future!

If true, is this the biggest corporate name change since Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC?  Or maybe Datsun to Nissan? 

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/automobiles/545436-volkswagen-accidentally-posts-new-company-name-to-website?amp

[MiniDave]

3 days early?

[BruceK]

Seems to be real.  They are denying any connection to April fools day.

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/3/30/22357166/volkswagen-name-change-voltswagen-us-division

[94touring]

1:12 into the video.

[94touring]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/30/22357166/volkswagen-name-change-voltswagen-us-division

[MiniDave]

On March 30, following an official tweet and separate (now deleted) press release flush with comment from VW of America's CEO Scott Keogh on the official change, we updated our story with public confirmation. In the process, Volkswagen stock rose 5% on the news.

But, hours later, we learned this was all a kind of grand marketing stunt to drum up clicks for the ID 4 electric SUV and steer eyeballs onto the Volkswagen brand. We didn't even learn it from VW, mind you, which remained silent. Excellent reporting from Reuters first discovered VW had no intention of changing its name and had lied to dozens of reporters, including Roadshow.