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Germany is not just about cars. They make lot of machinery for various industries. While it is reasonable to assume that German auto industry is under pressure,
by abc_lisper 7y ago
Germany is not just about cars. They make lot of machinery for various industries. While it is reasonable to assume that German auto industry is under pressure, it is a stretch to say Tesla caused it. While the YoY revenues for MB/BMW may be down, they are not too bad, they are at 2013-2014 level. Not to say about all the commercial vehicles BMW and VW sell, like vans, suvs and buses. This article is concentrating on small sliver of economy, and applying to all of it.
- Arbalest 7y agoPerhaps. Simply having watched "Who killed the electric car" it was clear that it was already heading in that direction, even if it was snubbed at that time. Tesla was the agent in making electric cars cool though. It's true from a wider perspective that Tesla is a replaceable part of that timeline and perhaps inevitable, but the fact remains that it was Tesla who got the mindshare that has moved this forward.