Whenever a new electric car is unveiled, someone asks whether it is a “Tesla killer”, as the Silicon Valley pioneer is still the company to beat on price, styling and battery power, despite the latest investor worries on sales.
Volkswagen has been working onits Tesla killer since late 2015. But its proposed killer is not an electric car. Itis the underlying chassis or platform, called MEB — the basic building block for 50 different models VW promisesby 2025.
Some investors and analysts think the VW chassis, which will be used for the majority of its electric vehicles, may give the German company a vital edge in the new era of battery-powered cars.