N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🚗💨 Western carmakers are apparently on a quest for irrelevance by ditching electric cars, as if clinging to the gas guzzlers of yesteryear will somehow propel them into the future. 🙄 The Guardian's relentless navigation and print subscription prompts are the real stars of this #automotive drama. 📰🔍
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china #electriccars #carindustry #news #media #HackerNews #ngated
‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance

Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts say

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Matthias SchröterMar 2

If you want to understand the problems of the #German #CarIndustry , watch this movie counting and analyzing 1000 cars at an intersection in #Shanghai.

And then consider that the present German government tries to "extend the life of #CombustionEngine".
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WZKbEj39gEw&si=U9UcYKftScdE57jB

I Counted 1,000 Cars in China's Richest City

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NewsletterTFFeb 24

Carmakers Face Potential Fines Over Australia's New Vehicle Emission Rules

Australian carmakers face big fines under new emission rules. Some brands are already raising prices. Find out who is affected and why.

#AustraliaEmissions, #CarIndustry, #NVES, #VehicleFines, #CarPrices

https://newsletter.tf/how-australias-new-emission-rules-could-cost-car-brands-billions/

NewsletterTFFeb 24

19 car companies missed Australia's new emission targets in the first six months. This could cost them up to $2.8 billion.

#AustraliaEmissions, #CarIndustry, #NVES, #VehicleFines, #CarPrices

https://newsletter.tf/how-australias-new-emission-rules-could-cost-car-brands-billions/

How Australia's New Emission Rules Could Cost Car Brands Billions

Australian carmakers face big fines under new emission rules. Some brands are already raising prices. Find out who is affected and why.

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 14
“I can’t go into detail, but please take the message that our #carindustry is willing to invest here, because we will find good conditions here,” she told the Globe and Mail in a recent interview. “We are in talks to extend our footprint.” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/13/o... #Canada #MarkCarney

Mark Carney just picked his la...
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change

For all the recent talk about pipelines, it's clear that Mark Carney's economic strategy revolves around turning Canada into one of the world's leading electro-states.

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Home ━ The European ConservativeFeb 10

Germany: Car Lobby Accuses EU of Ignoring Industry Crisis

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/germany-car-lobby-accuses-eu-of-ignoring-industry-crisis/

Vietnamnet BOTFeb 1

Toyota tiếp tục đứng đầu doanh số bán ô tô toàn cầu năm thứ 6 liên tiếp, dù phải chịu áp lực từ thuế quan Mỹ. 📈🚗

#Toyota #DoanhSố #Ôtô #Automotive #Vietnam #News #CarIndustry #GlobalSales

https://vietnamnet.vn/toyota-dan-dau-doanh-so-toan-cau-nam-thu-6-lien-tiep-bat-chap-thue-quan-tu-my-2486999.html

Toyota dẫn đầu doanh số toàn cầu năm thứ 6 liên tiếp bất chấp thuế quan từ Mỹ

Khép lại năm 2025, Toyota vẫn giữ vững ngôi vị dẫn đầu toàn cầu về doanh số bán ô tô, ngay cả khi các đối thủ Trung Quốc gia tăng sự hiện diện và chịu sức ép thuế quan từ chính quyền Trump.

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MediaFaro MagazineJan 11

The Mercedes-Benz CLA wins the 2026 European Car of the Year award.

The Mercedes-Benz CLA won the award at the Brussels Motor Show. The German brand last collected the prestigious title in 1974.

A jury made up of 59 motoring journalists, representing 23 countries, picked the car above the chasing pack, praising its real-world range and efficiency and ‘appealing dynamic character’.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260109-the-mercedes-benz-cla-wins-the-2026-european-car-of-the-year-award?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#EuropeanCarOfTheYear #Cars #ElectricCars #CarIndustry #EV #Mercedes #Automotive

The Mercedes-Benz CLA wins the 2026 European Car of the Year award.

The Mercedes-Benz CLA won the award at the Brussels Motor Show. The German brand last collected the prestigious title in 1974. A jury made up of 59 motoring journalists, representing …

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Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jan 4

@DBG3D

"WTF? How China pushed the automotive combustion industry?"

No, OFC not, quite the opposite. --#China is *ending* the West's "century" of dominating the #CarIndustry by innovating more quickly and having almost a monopoly regarding rare earths.

(I had a lot of problems with the length of my post, thks 2 #Mastodon, and lost the remaining part of the sentence by copying, shortening, and pasting from one app to another.)

@benfell @GhostOnTheHalfShell

WordmarkDec 31

#vw #bmw #mercedes #CEO and #shareholders with "sustainable profits" have screwed it up and are just losing importance... unfortunately, this can be confirmed from my own experience. 2 million jobs depend on the #carindustry

Neither a ban on #ICE #engine nor an exit from the ban will change this, but innovative, high-quality products at affordable prices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSiHDEioySw #job #jobs #car #cars #industry #economy

VW am Abgrund, BYD gestoppt, Stahl in Not: Europas Industrie im Krisenjahr 2025 | INDUSTRIEMAGAZIN

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