As Volkswagen invests heavily in electric vehicles, the automaker in America appears ready to change its name to “Voltswagen,” according to USA Today.
An official at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen dealership on Monday said an apparent plan by the automaker to tweak its name to Voltswagen in the U.S. “sounds pretty creative.”
Brian Johnson, Village Volkswagen of Chattanooga’s general sales manager, said it’s a matter of whatever it takes to help sell the battery- powered vehicles which the automaker is steering toward in a major way. But, he said, he hadn’t heard about the potential name change before Monday.
“It’s news to me,” Johnson said.
The company put the announcement on its media site on Monday, USA Today reported. But it said the site apparently released the information before the company was ready for an official rollout of the change and VW later took down the item.