{"id":214681,"date":"2021-03-30T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vw-totally-stole-my-idea-wants-to-rename-itself-voltswagen\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:52:45","slug":"vw-totally-stole-my-idea-wants-to-rename-itself-voltswagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vw-totally-stole-my-idea-wants-to-rename-itself-voltswagen\/","title":{"rendered":"#VW totally stole my idea, wants to rename itself &#8216;Voltswagen&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#VW totally stole my idea, wants to rename itself &#8216;Voltswagen&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                                It seems VW of America is a little jealous about Tesla\u2019s S3XY CARS meme, and supposed sense of humor. So much so, it\u2019s committed the greatest atrocity of them all, and coming up with lame dad jokes.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s worse though, is they STOLE it, from ME!<\/p>\n<p>                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/avz903cxvd?videoFoam=true&amp;autoplay=true&amp;silentAutoPlay=true\" title=\"Bumper 06 Video\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caranddriver.com\/news\/a35970854\/vw-name-change-voltswagen-reported\/\">Car and Driver<\/a>, VW of America posted a press release announcing that it\u2019s changing its name to <em>Voltswagen<\/em>, to make itself <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear more EV friendly.<\/p>\n<p>The post has since been removed, and it looks nothing more than perhaps a premature April Fool\u2019s day gaff. Even though it was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/29\/vw-accidentally-leaks-new-name-for-its-us-operations-voltswagen.html?__source=sharebar%7Ctwitter&amp;par=sharebar\">allegedly confirmed to CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest atrocity is they stole the joke from me. I\u2019m pretty sure of that.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a year ago, after sharing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that VW was focusing on EV production at its Zwickau plant in our company Slack, I suggested that it was high time that VW change its name to Voltswagen.<\/p>\n<p>That was back in June 2020!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1344750 lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1770\" height=\"534\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1770px) 100vw, 1770px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05.png 1770w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05-280x84.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05-540x163.png 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05-270x81.png 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05-796x240.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/Screenshot-2021-03-30-at-08.54.05-1592x480.png 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/shift\/2021\/03\/30\/vw-stole-my-totally-brilliant-and-not-terrible-idea-to-rename-itself-voltswagen\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2021%2F03%2F30%2Fvw-stole-my-totally-brilliant-and-not-terrible-idea-to-rename-itself-voltswagen%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Back on June 29th, 2020, I suggested that VW change its name. Plz VW, where\u2019s my royalty.\" data-title=\"Share Back on June 29th, 2020, I suggested that VW change its name. Plz VW, where\u2019s my royalty. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Back on June 29th, 2020, I suggested that VW change its name. Plz VW, where\u2019s my royalty. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Back on June 29th, 2020, I suggested that VW change its name. Plz VW, where\u2019s my royalty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Ok, ok. Sure, I know. It\u2019s kind of obvious. But still, I feel like I deserve some kind of royalty \u2014 even though I only said it in a private Slack channel that VW had no access to. I mean, c\u2019mon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although, as it turns out, VW has used this wording before. Not in relation to a full rebrand and name change as I suggested, but in an advert for its e-up! electric hatch. Kudos to Sebastian Blanco for spotting this one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ve posted this elsewhere, but just so we&#8217;re all clear, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Voltswagen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Voltswagen<\/a> name (which seems to be real, despite 4\/1 fast approaching) is not exactly new. See this <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VW<\/a> ad from 2013 in Oslo, for example: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sT0PzDTY4P\">pic.twitter.com\/sT0PzDTY4P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sebastian Blanco (@SebastianBlanco) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SebastianBlanco\/status\/1376626595453079556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve never seen this advert before, so I\u2019m still claiming the intellectual creative rights to suggesting VW changes its name and rebrands to Voltswagen.<\/p>\n<p>We shouldn\u2019t pay any attention to VW\u2019s car adverts anyway. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/driving.ca\/volkswagen\/features\/feature-story\/pitch-perfect-volkswagens-best-ads-through-history\">It once called a car a Lemon<\/a>. It clearly has no idea what it\u2019s talking about.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update, March 30, 1641CEST:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, it seems the rumors were true. In a tweet published about a couple of hours ago, VW confirmed that it\u2019s changing its name to Voltswagen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We know, 66 is an unusual age to change your name, but we\u2019ve always been young at heart. Introducing Voltswagen. Similar to Volkswagen, but with a renewed focus on electric driving. Starting with our all-new, all-electric SUV the ID.4 \u2013 available today. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Voltswagen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Voltswagen<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ID4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ID4<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pKQKlZDCQ7\">pic.twitter.com\/pKQKlZDCQ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Voltswagen (@VW) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VW\/status\/1376868756782219266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<p><i><span>Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? 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So much so, it\u2019s committed the greatest atrocity of them all, and coming up with lame dad jokes. What\u2019s worse though, is they STOLE it, from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/shift?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/vw-id3-orderboek.jpeg&signature=2e2079d1a3a72ad20714b682c5c02020","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}