Who cares? It was a joke and in no way offensive unless you’re just looking for anything

https://t.co/KM8Tngm4GW

— Gustavo Litovsky (@agusnox) March 31, 2021

“"Voltswagen was the best April Fools’ prank since VW told us diesel was clean,” wrote Twitter user @WholeMarsBlog, an electric vehicle account that often promotes electric car pioneer Tesla."
???https://t.co/Gqi1oF0ZWm

— Omins (@Ominsey) March 31, 2021

We made it baby!!! We’re in the Financial Times! ?

One of the best business newspapers in the world to subscribe to btw https://t.co/uLcwWsyi2k pic.twitter.com/3zDGI9iqXB

— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) March 31, 2021

How many April Fools' Jokes result in...a journalist having to phone the SEC?

Full story on the "Voltswagen" debacle: https://t.co/ZAA4juC5rV pic.twitter.com/gGf4hUdkAk

— Peter Campbell (@Petercampbell1) March 31, 2021

Volkswagen had to apologise for misleading consumers and investors after releasing an apparent April Fools’ joke in March.

The company said it was rebranding its US arm 'Voltswagen', in an effort to promote its new electric vehicles https://t.co/opQAakX9VE

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 31, 2021

VW Apologizes for Volts when rebranding stunt

Lol like that one south park scene. “Soooory” https://t.co/uLcwWsyi2k

— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) March 31, 2021

STOP. We live in an era of reality-bending fake news. Your brand has nothing at all to gain by posting pranks on April 1.

Whatever your team is planning to post tomorrow "because it's funny," cancel the post. You don't tell the joke -- you become it. https://t.co/ro24PB7V9A

— Dan Amrich (@DanAmrich) March 31, 2021

Volkswagen of America announced this week that it was changing its name to “Voltswagen” as a way to stress its commitment to electric vehicles. On Tuesday, the automaker said the supposed name change was just a pre-April Fool's Day joke.https://t.co/XhxcCVi7EZ

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 30, 2021

Volkswagen hoaxes media with fake statement on name changehttps://t.co/dYZnxDDhFH

— Nick #FBR #FBPE #RejoinEU (@hazydav) March 31, 2021

Great quote: “It is incredibly stupid, but if being stupid were illegal, a third of the CEOs in the U.S. would be in jail.” https://t.co/20XXKHgWvT

— Sharon Silke Carty (@sharoncarty) March 31, 2021

Looks like they might be walking back the name change. https://t.co/PxsbAIXpjM

— teslainvernon (@teslainvernon) March 31, 2021

“A pre-April Fool’s Day joke” is not a thing. https://t.co/47qNPis3Bd

— Dan Bobkoff (@danbobkoff) March 31, 2021