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Originally Posted by Weather Man
The old pace of change was predictable. The actual bans aren't even the driving factor, it's the insane EPA and EU version of it are adopting emission rules that will be impossible to meet by 2028-30. Brussels response to the auomakers was "you complain to much, figure it out".
So now we have automakers losing billions and spending billions trying to meet insane deadlines for a grid that can't possibly support them and being told by the Green Elite, Tough Shit, guess fewer people will be driving. So yeah, I'm  |
BMW AG has over 17 billion euros in net income. BMW hasn’t been driven into the red.
And believe it or not. Irrespective of how sad it makes you feel consumers want EVs. Even without government mandates companies like BMW will need to shift to EVs to be sure they can compete against the vast amount of new entrants into the automotive market bringing them to eager consumers.
BYD went from a no name car maker to close to replacing VW in sales in China due to the market demanding EVs.
Like it or not, China is the market the auto companies care about and it has been for the last two decades.
But let’s keep this topic from going off the rails even more. You have dedicated threads to hate on EVs in. Let’s keep it there.
