Tesla CEO Elon Musk sees legacy automakers like German automaker Volkswagen and Detroit-based General Motors going obsolete unless they move into autonomous electric vehicles.<br /><br />What Happened: “If they don't switch to autonomous electric cars pronto, that is absolutely true,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Must was taking part in a discussion on legacy automakers’ slow pace of EV adoption and eventual downfall.<br /><br />“VW is dead,” one user wrote.<br /><br />“The goal of most auto manufacturers is to figure out how to wind down their businesses. I've been saying this about GM for quite a while. Others are starting to follow GM's lead,” another said.
