So yeah, the only way #CarManufacturers in #Europe can actually succeed is to match #pricing and #quality and leverage #repairability as well as existing "Brand Support Networks"
Like IDK a € 5.000 limit retail (excl. VAT/GST cuz they vary wildly) for something that fits #L2e and € 10.000 limit retail (excl. taxes) for #L5e brand new with additional incentives if they can make it even cheaper...
"One man called from the second story of his home and described 18-wheelers floating by the window. Later, Starling would learn that the man, his wife, and their 7-year-old grandson had died after being swept from their roof by floodwaters." —Ashley Stimpson for Popular Mechanics
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a65662276/am-radio-controversy/
@etchedpixels precisely THAT is my gripe.
If #CarManufacturers weren't hell-bent on making #cars (as per EC Vehicle Class M1), hey could easily do #CabinScooters of the #L2e & #L5e class for < €5k retail at dealerships and still make profit.due to #EconomiesOfScale.
#WhatsMissing are more #PersonalLightVehicles instead of #SuperUselessVehicles!
@kelpana @steve @http_error_418 @JohannaMakesGames @gilester45 @neil @EUCommission you never heard of #eCall or "mandatory #OTA Update Support"?
So welcome to the #BraveNewWorld where #CarManufacturers can just decide to make your car illegal and where legislators think "This is fine!" because apparently they don't give a shit about #ClimateChange and how much energy it takes to build #cars and their components!
Call me weird but I'll only get an #EV if I can charge it as fast as I can gas up my Corsa D 1.0 3-door and pay for it in cash (or #Monero if I can get Monero for cash w/o #KYC!) and not have all the *"#eCall"* #tracking bs in it! - TBH, I think with the #Enshittification of #Cars, companies *deserve to die out* because noone but #rich #Boomers wants a [big & ugly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kudUDUtYI1I) #SuperUselessVehicle (IDGAF if it's a *"#Crossover"* or #SUV, it's just a shitty and phat car!) that noone can buy or even finance (and even if they can - *hello #SubprimeCarLoanCrash on the horizon* - shouldn't)!
EU and UK fine carmakers millions over recycling cartel.
Fifteen major car manufacturers have been fined almost €600 million by the European Commission and the British government after Mercedes-Benz blew the whistle on a cartel that fixed car recycling costs and processes.
The carmakers had entered into anti-competitive agreements to prevent competition on the stripping, scrapping and recycling of old cars.
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