Forget Voltswagen, Volkswagen is the real April Fool

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Presented by   Happy April Fool's Day! One of the very few silver linings to the pandemic hitting last March was that it spared the planet another year of branded April 1st jokes. In 2019, it was Hasbro's Avo Head and McDonald's launching shake-flavored dipping sauces. It's all back this year, and Volkswagen kicked things off earlier than expected. The German carmaker posted a press release on Monday saying that Volkswagen Group of America was “unveiling the official change of its U.S. brand name from Volkswagen of America to Voltswagen of America” to lean into its aggressive electric vehicle production plans. A complete name change!  Was this a premature April Fool's joke or an iconic brand submitting itself to thirsty trend-chasing? Or both? Either way, it's a whole lot of WTF. Read more here. —Jeff Beer   branding Forget Voltswagen, Volkswagen is the real April Fool It’s not a joke. It is a joke. It’s not a joke. It is a joke. It’s not . . .   shape of tomorrow MLB’s Chris Marinak on how COVID-19 is changing the fan experience As Opening Day kicks off, MLB’s chief operations and strategy officer reveals how technology is making baseball more immersive at home and in the ballpark.   impact How can we better dispose of PPE so it doesn’t keep polluting our oceans? Six months after the Ocean Conservancy added a PPE category to its waste collection app, beach cleaners said they collected 107,219 such items.

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