I would hardly call being forced to make EVs a punishment. In ten or twenty years, when EVs really take off, Tesla&#x2F;Apple&#x2F;Google&#x2F;Samsung&#x2F;etc are going to eat the lunch of anyone left behind.<p>Investing in electric vehicles could save VW in the long term. I would argue that if they don&#x27;t want to make EVs of their own accord, then they don&#x27;t deserve to be saved.<p>EDIT: I would also worry that if they&#x27;re only making EVs because they&#x27;re forced to, then they&#x27;re only going to put in the minimum effort to make a crappy second-rate electric car. Flooding the market with low-quality, short-range electric cars doesn&#x27;t seem like it will help push EVs into the mainstream any quicker.