Musk tests VW EVs during meeting with Diess

Elon Musk speaks at the site of the new Tesla Gigafactory near Gruenheide, Germany, on Sept. 3. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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Bloomberg

September 04, 2020 04:08 PM

Before Tesla CEO Elon Musk returned to the U.S. after a three-day visit to Germany, he made a final stopover to meet with one of his biggest competitors -- Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess.

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