Mastodawn

Agreed.
‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china

‘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

The Guardian

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bouriquet

@jeffjarvis They’d still be making buggies, harnesses and buggy whips watching Henry Ford come along and squash the Detroit Electric and Baker Electric cars. Now they’re stuck in the proverbial internal combustion rut. Change or die!