Volkswagen-chief Herbert Diess to think that his brand of Tesla, you can keep track of and as a long-term catch-up, he said Friday, compared to news agency Bloomberg.

Tesla, Volkswagen, in the meantime, in terms of market value has been surpassed, and it has a huge head start when it comes to the sales of all-electric vehicles. The Volkswagen was sold in 2019, over 80,000 electric cars on the opposite 367.500 for the Model.

“We’re able to Rate keep track of, and in the long term is likely to catch up, we are very optimistic about it,” said Diess in the Swiss Davos. In total, was sold to Volkswagen in 2019, worldwide, 6.28 million cars.

Volkswagen is bringing this year are the first all-electric car designed for the model’s ID.3 on the market. The car will appear in June in the Netherlands, and will cost just under € 40,000. In september there will be an entry-level model, which is less than 36,000 euro, it will cost, according to the web site of Volkswagen.