I agree that the transition to EV is one of the biggest challenges the German car industry is facing. Who would have known 15 years ago that a major industry (

I agree that the transition to EV is one of the biggest challenges the German car industry is facing. Who would have known 15 years ago that a major industry (~ 800K jobs in Germany, directly or indirect) would have to face such a storm? Fierce international competition, technologies threatening to erode key value chains - one could wonder what big strategic consultancies have preaching to the car industry executives all years long, what the innovation departments have been doing, and how company culture and the connection of management with state politics has failed to make change. To be fair, there have been large scale mobility projects in Germany, both in the EV field, and smart transportation systems e.g. interconnection the vehicle and road infrastructure with the user. So there has been very early efforts in experimenting with these concepts. One thing is for sure: It will be an interesting case study afterwards.