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Volkswagen CEO on the race to electric, the chip shortage and Elon Musk<blockquote>大众汽车首席执行官谈电动竞赛、芯片短缺和埃隆·马斯克</blockquote>

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To achieve those goals, he has to dramatically shift one of the world's largest carmakers&nbsp;away from the internal combustion engine.<blockquote>伦敦（CNN商业）——首席执行官赫伯特·迪斯希望电动汽车在2030年占大众汽车集团销量的一半，到2040年，其在主要市场的销量应100%实现零排放。为了实现这些目标，他必须大幅改变世界上最大的汽车制造商之一的内燃机。</blockquote> Diess spoke to CNN Business from the International Motor Show in Munich, where&nbsp;Volkswagen(VLKAF)&nbsp;unveiled the&nbsp;ID. LIFE&nbsp;concept car, sketching out a vision for a fully electric small family car that will cost roughly €20,000 ($23,720).<blockquote>迪斯在慕尼黑国际车展上接受了CNN Business的采访，大众汽车(VLKAF)在那里推出了ID。LIFE概念车，勾勒出一款全电动小型家用车的愿景，售价约为20,000欧元（23,720美元）。</blockquote> Diess spoke to CNN Business' Anna Stewart on Monday:<blockquote>迪斯周一接受CNN商业频道安娜·斯图尔特采访：</blockquote> You want at least 50% of your&nbsp;car sales to be electric&nbsp;by 2030. Some of your competitors have more ambitious targets. Why are you a bit further back?<blockquote>你想要至少50%的 汽车销售将转向电动化 到2030年。你的一些竞争对手有更雄心勃勃的目标。你为什么再往后一点？</blockquote> Diess:In Europe we are already leading. Even in the US we have been in second place for the last months, and in China we are growing fast. We think we will become the market leader for EVs ... We don't want to pull back, for instance, from Latin America, where electric cars will probably not be the solution for climate change. In Latin America, the natural way forward is to use biofuels which are CO2 neutral, which is still combustion engine. That is why we don't say we will finish production of [internal combustion engine] cars so soon because we will need them in some parts of the world. Electrification is not the solution in every place.<blockquote>迪斯：在欧洲，我们已经处于领先地位。即使在美国，过去几个月我们也一直位居第二，而在中国，我们也在快速增长。我们认为我们将成为电动汽车的市场领导者...例如，我们不想从拉丁美洲撤退，在那里电动汽车可能不是气候变化的解决方案。在拉丁美洲，自然的前进道路是使用二氧化碳中性的生物燃料，这仍然是内燃机。这就是为什么我们不会说我们会这么快完成[内燃机]汽车的生产，因为我们在世界某些地区将需要它们。电气化并不是每个地方的解决方案。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6b3b5ebc6d4d292440e3038272ce46bd\" tg-width=\"780\" tg-height=\"438\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Volkswagen brand CEO Ralf Brandstätter presents the ID. LIFE concept car.<blockquote>大众汽车品牌首席执行官Ralf Brandstätter展示了ID。生活概念车。</blockquote> Let's talk about the&nbsp;semiconductor supply crunch. Because obviously, that's been a big problem for so many carmakers, yourself included. Do you think it's going to get worse before it gets better? And do you think you'll have to reduce production or close plants?<blockquote>让我们来谈谈 半导体供应紧缩。因为显然，这对包括您在内的许多汽车制造商来说都是一个大问题。你认为在好转之前会变得更糟吗？您认为您必须减产或关闭工厂吗？</blockquote> Diess:It has gotten worse already. We expected that we would have relief after the summer break, which didn't happen because in Malaysia, we had really quite significant problems with Covid. Some of our suppliers, the back ends of our suppliers are mostly based in Malaysia, and three plants were hit hard. We think that we will overcome this situation towards the end of the month, and then we should see relief. Semiconductors will be on short supply probably for several months.<blockquote>迪斯：情况已经变得更糟了。我们预计暑假后会有所缓解，但这并没有发生，因为在马来西亚，我们在Covid方面遇到了非常严重的问题。我们的一些供应商，我们供应商的后端大多在马来西亚，有三个工厂受到了很大的打击。我们认为我们将在月底克服这种情况，然后我们应该会看到缓解。半导体可能会短缺几个月。</blockquote> Now let's talk about autonomous technology. Because I know that while we are all transitioning towards electric that's something you're really passionate about. How will the adoption of autonomous technology go?<blockquote>现在我们来谈谈自主技术。因为我知道，虽然我们都在向电动过渡，但这是您真正热爱的事情。自主技术的采用将如何进行？</blockquote> Diess:We see a much bigger transition for the industry when cars are becoming autonomous, because cars will be used differently, used by more people. You can you can send your children or your grandparents in a car somewhere. Now imagine!<blockquote>迪斯：当汽车变得自动驾驶时，我们看到该行业将发生更大的转变，因为汽车将以不同的方式使用，被更多的人使用。你可以开车送你的孩子或祖父母去某个地方。现在想象一下！</blockquote> There's a lot of of business potential and it's still a long way to go. Our first fleets probably will come to market in 2025, and the first private cars driving autonomously also in 2025 or 2026. But it's now time to invest, and to prepare. And that's what we are doing.<blockquote>有很大的商业潜力，但还有很长的路要走。我们的第一批车队可能会在2025年上市，第一批自动驾驶私家车也会在2025年或2026年上市。但现在是投资和准备的时候了。这就是我们正在做的。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d4f015873af37321d343422e69624567\" tg-width=\"780\" tg-height=\"438\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess poses above the company grounds during a photo shoot.<blockquote>大众汽车集团首席执行官赫伯特·迪斯(Elon Musk)在公司场地上方拍照。</blockquote> One of the big investments you've made recently is rental company Europcar. Is this to help with autonomous driving, and the idea that lots of people will share cars in the future?<blockquote>您最近进行的一项重大投资是租赁公司Europcar。这是否有助于自动驾驶以及未来许多人将共享汽车的想法？</blockquote> Diess:Yeah, sharing is important. Autonomous is a different game because we think that robotaxis will play a major role, but also private cars are going to be shared ... we think there's a lot of potential for growth.<blockquote>迪斯：是啊，分享很重要。自动驾驶是一个不同的游戏，因为我们认为机器人出租车将发挥主要作用，但私家车也将被共享...我们认为有很大的增长潜力。</blockquote> The best starting point for such a mobility platform is definitely the rental car companies. They are profitable already today. And if you add to rental, sharing, short term leases, even the fleets of our loaner cars from our retail organization, you can imagine a huge mobility platform.<blockquote>这样的出行平台，最好的抓手肯定是租车公司。他们今天已经盈利了。如果你加上租赁、共享、短期租赁，甚至是我们零售组织的租赁车队，你可以想象一个巨大的移动平台。</blockquote> Volkswagen is of course very competitive with Tesla. There have also been many parallels drawn between yourself and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, not least given your very active social media presence. Have you taken a leaf out of his playbook?<blockquote>大众汽车当然与特斯拉竞争非常激烈。你和特斯拉首席执行官Elon Musk之间也有很多相似之处，尤其是考虑到你非常活跃的社交媒体。你借鉴了他的剧本吗？</blockquote> Diess:[Laughs] No, know I don't see any parallels. I highly regard what he's doing. I think he's a brilliant guy. And he really makes a difference. He's changing the world with his ventures.<blockquote>迪斯：[笑]不，我知道我没有看到任何相似之处。我高度评价他的所作所为。我认为他是个聪明的人。他真的很重要。他正在用他的冒险改变世界。</blockquote> I really like that he is thinking very long into the future. He's thinking far. And he's brilliant guy. But we are quite different. He is very focused on Tesla, on his story. I'm running a big traditional company, which we try to prepare for the future. And I think we also require different characters. I like him a lot, but I think we are quite different.<blockquote>我真的很喜欢他对未来的思考。他想得太远了。他是个聪明人。但是我们很不一样。他非常专注于特斯拉，专注于他的故事。我经营着一家大型传统公司，我们试图为未来做好准备。我认为我们也需要不同的角色。我很喜欢他，但我觉得我们很不一样。</blockquote> Is it true he was once tried to hire you as Tesla CEO?<blockquote>他真的曾经试图聘请你担任特斯拉首席执行官吗？</blockquote> Diess:I don't know. 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To achieve those goals, he has to dramatically shift one of the world's largest carmakers&nbsp;away from the internal combustion engine.<blockquote>伦敦（CNN商业）——首席执行官赫伯特·迪斯希望电动汽车在2030年占大众汽车集团销量的一半，到2040年，其在主要市场的销量应100%实现零排放。为了实现这些目标，他必须大幅改变世界上最大的汽车制造商之一的内燃机。</blockquote> Diess spoke to CNN Business from the International Motor Show in Munich, where&nbsp;Volkswagen(VLKAF)&nbsp;unveiled the&nbsp;ID. LIFE&nbsp;concept car, sketching out a vision for a fully electric small family car that will cost roughly €20,000 ($23,720).<blockquote>迪斯在慕尼黑国际车展上接受了CNN Business的采访，大众汽车(VLKAF)在那里推出了ID。LIFE概念车，勾勒出一款全电动小型家用车的愿景，售价约为20,000欧元（23,720美元）。</blockquote> Diess spoke to CNN Business' Anna Stewart on Monday:<blockquote>迪斯周一接受CNN商业频道安娜·斯图尔特采访：</blockquote> You want at least 50% of your&nbsp;car sales to be electric&nbsp;by 2030. Some of your competitors have more ambitious targets. Why are you a bit further back?<blockquote>你想要至少50%的 汽车销售将转向电动化 到2030年。你的一些竞争对手有更雄心勃勃的目标。你为什么再往后一点？</blockquote> Diess:In Europe we are already leading. Even in the US we have been in second place for the last months, and in China we are growing fast. We think we will become the market leader for EVs ... We don't want to pull back, for instance, from Latin America, where electric cars will probably not be the solution for climate change. In Latin America, the natural way forward is to use biofuels which are CO2 neutral, which is still combustion engine. That is why we don't say we will finish production of [internal combustion engine] cars so soon because we will need them in some parts of the world. Electrification is not the solution in every place.<blockquote>迪斯：在欧洲，我们已经处于领先地位。即使在美国，过去几个月我们也一直位居第二，而在中国，我们也在快速增长。我们认为我们将成为电动汽车的市场领导者...例如，我们不想从拉丁美洲撤退，在那里电动汽车可能不是气候变化的解决方案。在拉丁美洲，自然的前进道路是使用二氧化碳中性的生物燃料，这仍然是内燃机。这就是为什么我们不会说我们会这么快完成[内燃机]汽车的生产，因为我们在世界某些地区将需要它们。电气化并不是每个地方的解决方案。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6b3b5ebc6d4d292440e3038272ce46bd\" tg-width=\"780\" tg-height=\"438\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Volkswagen brand CEO Ralf Brandstätter presents the ID. LIFE concept car.<blockquote>大众汽车品牌首席执行官Ralf Brandstätter展示了ID。生活概念车。</blockquote> Let's talk about the&nbsp;semiconductor supply crunch. Because obviously, that's been a big problem for so many carmakers, yourself included. Do you think it's going to get worse before it gets better? And do you think you'll have to reduce production or close plants?<blockquote>让我们来谈谈 半导体供应紧缩。因为显然，这对包括您在内的许多汽车制造商来说都是一个大问题。你认为在好转之前会变得更糟吗？您认为您必须减产或关闭工厂吗？</blockquote> Diess:It has gotten worse already. We expected that we would have relief after the summer break, which didn't happen because in Malaysia, we had really quite significant problems with Covid. Some of our suppliers, the back ends of our suppliers are mostly based in Malaysia, and three plants were hit hard. We think that we will overcome this situation towards the end of the month, and then we should see relief. Semiconductors will be on short supply probably for several months.<blockquote>迪斯：情况已经变得更糟了。我们预计暑假后会有所缓解，但这并没有发生，因为在马来西亚，我们在Covid方面遇到了非常严重的问题。我们的一些供应商，我们供应商的后端大多在马来西亚，有三个工厂受到了很大的打击。我们认为我们将在月底克服这种情况，然后我们应该会看到缓解。半导体可能会短缺几个月。</blockquote> Now let's talk about autonomous technology. Because I know that while we are all transitioning towards electric that's something you're really passionate about. How will the adoption of autonomous technology go?<blockquote>现在我们来谈谈自主技术。因为我知道，虽然我们都在向电动过渡，但这是您真正热爱的事情。自主技术的采用将如何进行？</blockquote> Diess:We see a much bigger transition for the industry when cars are becoming autonomous, because cars will be used differently, used by more people. You can you can send your children or your grandparents in a car somewhere. Now imagine!<blockquote>迪斯：当汽车变得自动驾驶时，我们看到该行业将发生更大的转变，因为汽车将以不同的方式使用，被更多的人使用。你可以开车送你的孩子或祖父母去某个地方。现在想象一下！</blockquote> There's a lot of of business potential and it's still a long way to go. Our first fleets probably will come to market in 2025, and the first private cars driving autonomously also in 2025 or 2026. But it's now time to invest, and to prepare. And that's what we are doing.<blockquote>有很大的商业潜力，但还有很长的路要走。我们的第一批车队可能会在2025年上市，第一批自动驾驶私家车也会在2025年或2026年上市。但现在是投资和准备的时候了。这就是我们正在做的。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d4f015873af37321d343422e69624567\" tg-width=\"780\" tg-height=\"438\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\">Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess poses above the company grounds during a photo shoot.<blockquote>大众汽车集团首席执行官赫伯特·迪斯(Elon Musk)在公司场地上方拍照。</blockquote> One of the big investments you've made recently is rental company Europcar. Is this to help with autonomous driving, and the idea that lots of people will share cars in the future?<blockquote>您最近进行的一项重大投资是租赁公司Europcar。这是否有助于自动驾驶以及未来许多人将共享汽车的想法？</blockquote> Diess:Yeah, sharing is important. Autonomous is a different game because we think that robotaxis will play a major role, but also private cars are going to be shared ... we think there's a lot of potential for growth.<blockquote>迪斯：是啊，分享很重要。自动驾驶是一个不同的游戏，因为我们认为机器人出租车将发挥主要作用，但私家车也将被共享...我们认为有很大的增长潜力。</blockquote> The best starting point for such a mobility platform is definitely the rental car companies. They are profitable already today. And if you add to rental, sharing, short term leases, even the fleets of our loaner cars from our retail organization, you can imagine a huge mobility platform.<blockquote>这样的出行平台，最好的抓手肯定是租车公司。他们今天已经盈利了。如果你加上租赁、共享、短期租赁，甚至是我们零售组织的租赁车队，你可以想象一个巨大的移动平台。</blockquote> Volkswagen is of course very competitive with Tesla. There have also been many parallels drawn between yourself and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, not least given your very active social media presence. Have you taken a leaf out of his playbook?<blockquote>大众汽车当然与特斯拉竞争非常激烈。你和特斯拉首席执行官Elon Musk之间也有很多相似之处，尤其是考虑到你非常活跃的社交媒体。你借鉴了他的剧本吗？</blockquote> Diess:[Laughs] No, know I don't see any parallels. I highly regard what he's doing. I think he's a brilliant guy. And he really makes a difference. He's changing the world with his ventures.<blockquote>迪斯：[笑]不，我知道我没有看到任何相似之处。我高度评价他的所作所为。我认为他是个聪明的人。他真的很重要。他正在用他的冒险改变世界。</blockquote> I really like that he is thinking very long into the future. He's thinking far. And he's brilliant guy. But we are quite different. He is very focused on Tesla, on his story. I'm running a big traditional company, which we try to prepare for the future. And I think we also require different characters. I like him a lot, but I think we are quite different.<blockquote>我真的很喜欢他对未来的思考。他想得太远了。他是个聪明人。但是我们很不一样。他非常专注于特斯拉，专注于他的故事。我经营着一家大型传统公司，我们试图为未来做好准备。我认为我们也需要不同的角色。我很喜欢他，但我觉得我们很不一样。</blockquote> Is it true he was once tried to hire you as Tesla CEO?<blockquote>他真的曾经试图聘请你担任特斯拉首席执行官吗？</blockquote> Diess:I don't know. 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To achieve those goals, he has to dramatically shift one of the world's largest carmakers away from the internal combustion engine.\nDiess spoke to CNN Business from the International Motor Show in Munich, where Volkswagen(VLKAF) unveiled the ID. LIFE concept car, sketching out a vision for a fully electric small family car that will cost roughly €20,000 ($23,720).\nDiess spoke to CNN Business' Anna Stewart on Monday:\nYou want at least 50% of your car sales to be electric by 2030. Some of your competitors have more ambitious targets. Why are you a bit further back?\nDiess:In Europe we are already leading. Even in the US we have been in second place for the last months, and in China we are growing fast. We think we will become the market leader for EVs ... We don't want to pull back, for instance, from Latin America, where electric cars will probably not be the solution for climate change. In Latin America, the natural way forward is to use biofuels which are CO2 neutral, which is still combustion engine. That is why we don't say we will finish production of [internal combustion engine] cars so soon because we will need them in some parts of the world. Electrification is not the solution in every place.\nVolkswagen brand CEO Ralf Brandstätter presents the ID. LIFE concept car.\nLet's talk about the semiconductor supply crunch. Because obviously, that's been a big problem for so many carmakers, yourself included. Do you think it's going to get worse before it gets better? And do you think you'll have to reduce production or close plants?\nDiess:It has gotten worse already. We expected that we would have relief after the summer break, which didn't happen because in Malaysia, we had really quite significant problems with Covid. Some of our suppliers, the back ends of our suppliers are mostly based in Malaysia, and three plants were hit hard. We think that we will overcome this situation towards the end of the month, and then we should see relief. Semiconductors will be on short supply probably for several months.\nNow let's talk about autonomous technology. Because I know that while we are all transitioning towards electric that's something you're really passionate about. How will the adoption of autonomous technology go?\nDiess:We see a much bigger transition for the industry when cars are becoming autonomous, because cars will be used differently, used by more people. You can you can send your children or your grandparents in a car somewhere. Now imagine!\nThere's a lot of of business potential and it's still a long way to go. Our first fleets probably will come to market in 2025, and the first private cars driving autonomously also in 2025 or 2026. But it's now time to invest, and to prepare. And that's what we are doing.\nVolkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess poses above the company grounds during a photo shoot.\nOne of the big investments you've made recently is rental company Europcar. Is this to help with autonomous driving, and the idea that lots of people will share cars in the future?\nDiess:Yeah, sharing is important. Autonomous is a different game because we think that robotaxis will play a major role, but also private cars are going to be shared ... we think there's a lot of potential for growth.\nThe best starting point for such a mobility platform is definitely the rental car companies. They are profitable already today. And if you add to rental, sharing, short term leases, even the fleets of our loaner cars from our retail organization, you can imagine a huge mobility platform.\nVolkswagen is of course very competitive with Tesla. There have also been many parallels drawn between yourself and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, not least given your very active social media presence. Have you taken a leaf out of his playbook?\nDiess:[Laughs] No, know I don't see any parallels. I highly regard what he's doing. I think he's a brilliant guy. And he really makes a difference. He's changing the world with his ventures.\nI really like that he is thinking very long into the future. He's thinking far. And he's brilliant guy. But we are quite different. He is very focused on Tesla, on his story. I'm running a big traditional company, which we try to prepare for the future. And I think we also require different characters. I like him a lot, but I think we are quite different.\nIs it true he was once tried to hire you as Tesla CEO?\nDiess:I don't know. 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