TheDwZPowerful German Politician Manfred Weber 'promises' to reverse EU's combustion engine ban
Freaking corrupt, incompetent servant of the all-powerfull German car-industry. German car industry has been milking the ICEs for decades, refusing to invest in electric, just because they could (because they are in essence running the goverment in germany and EU).
Now, with china rightfully taking over EV sales in the EU they are crying out louder than ever that jobs will be lost in Germany. If any jobs eventually do get scraped, it will be due to their own decisions and inaction.
I say, since these companies and their shareholders enjoyed they profits, let them bite the consequences. Let them get out of business and do let some European people lose their jobs. This can be a great learning opportunity for europeans, a grand lecture on the wonderful results of unhinged and extreme freaking capitalism.
China isn't even taking over BEV sales in the EU, German manufacturers (especially Volkswagen) are the clear leaders. They make up three of the top four for new BEV registrations in the EU for this year up to April, and third place is Skoda which is still part of the VW Group. The Germa manufacturers absolutely do have the market and for some reason are still mad about it
For some reasons they haven’t been selling electric cars since the 70ies, like any other car manufacturer.
For people needing a car to drive to work, it would have been possible to sell electric cars since then.
The petrol industry must have had the influence to prevent the switch and they still have some.