I can tell you that German automotive unions (OEMs and suppliers) are among the main opponents of electromobility. ZF, Mahle ... a lot of components are just no

I can tell you that German automotive unions (OEMs and suppliers) are among the main opponents of electromobility. ZF, Mahle ... a lot of components are just no longer needed for a gearless EV where the motor consists of a large coil instead of thousands of high-precision parts. They are also responsible for making sure that government grants flow into OEMs instead of generic EV charging infrastructure. We regularly have reengineering projects for end-of-line testing equipment and other test benches where we are contractually required to guarantee that the new version does not make the personnel operating the equipment redundant (i.e. it may not be more efficient than the 15 year old version). (I won't blame anyone for disbelieving this.) So, yes, they are very much against manufacturing improvements.