Because we simply don’t have enough drama in the world right now, it seems that
Tesla‘s
Elon Musk and
Daimler AG, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, have engaged in a Twitter tussle. It seems to have started when Musk shared a story from
USA Today that covered Mercedes-Benz’s $1 billion investment in electric cars. It’s possible this story jumped out at Musk since the headline specifically highlighted Tesla as the company Mercedes is looking to beat. In addition to sharing the article, Musk stated that it wasn’t a lot of money for such a big company, suggesting Mercedes should be spending $10 billion.
This caught the attention of Daimler, which responded with some info of its own. Specifically the company linked to a website that lists all of the company’s investments into electric vehicles and the upcoming EQ brand. Along with that link, the company stated that the over $1 billion investment is in
the Alabama factory where batteries and
the first EQ electric crossover will be built. It is, in fact, spending over $10 billion on the rest of its EV development.
Musk, having been schooled, could only reply:
Daimler also took on a few Musk supporters. One seemed to give Musk a bit too much credit for Daimler’s investments.
And the other seemed to believe that Daimler isn’t serious about EV plans.
Also, just as a recap of some of Daimler and Mercedes-Benz’s electric plans: The company plans to introduce
a full electric crossover for 2020, with a total of 10 EVs by 2025. Additionally, the company announced that it should have 50 electrified models, which will include hybrids, by 2022, and
the Smart brand will eventually go fully electric, globally, expanding on a previous announcement that
it would go fully electric in America.
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