Mastodawn

Fight the Right Mar 21

‘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

@Nigel_Purchase

The truth is, it’s beyond stupid.

“The freedom to choose?” Without a doubt people will exercise that freedom and nearly all legacy automakers will all be irrelevant within 10 years. Good riddance.