Not a big surprise that some of the european big players have not joined this. They overslept the EV transition in favour of their ICE circlejerk and now they are slowly paying the price for this shit.
You mean they’re whining for the taxpayer to pay the price for their complacency.
Yes, as they do usually. It’s concerning that this seems to be the new normal for “too big to fail” companies.
It’s infuriating that lobbying does not just let them fail and give place for some one better
Remember how Schäuble and other Germans acted towards the Greece population. As a german, I expect either the same treatment towards this very German economic failure or reparations to Greece.
It’s certainly not just a German failure, though. Stellantis (i.e. at the time, PSA and especially the Marchionne-led FCA) fucked up too, as did Renault-Nissan (despite their head start with Zoe/Leaf)
The Stellantis-VW coalition poses such an onslaught on the already weak climate goals of the transportation sector in Europe. Protest fatigue is my only explanation as to why this isn’t taken to the streets or picket lines, but that’s not a reliable position to stand on.
Didn’t see that one coming
Why not? Car producers are begging for years for clear guidelines so they can develop solid plans instead of having to speculate how long they need to keep ICEs in parallel.
It’s politicians bought by oil lobbyists (and a few bad apples in the industry refusing to acknowledge reality - often not even cas manufacturers themselves but people in their supply chain) that lie to us 24/7 allegedly protecting the very same producers.
Car producers are begging for years for clear guidelines so they can develop solid plans instead of having to speculate how long they need to keep ICEs in parallel.
I don’t quite understand this. Nobody’s forcing manufacturers to keep producing ICE cars. They could just say ‘screw it’ and decide on their own to only build BEV.
I suppose share holders and the market does. Because the ICE vehicles are still selling better then EVs and to make great EVs, there is a lot of expensive R&D, which why would they do, if share holders want to keep the money rather then spend it
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