["end of" + "near"] != "long term". Long term I'd see Europeans moving away from cars, as much as possible. €4k incentive in France to get rid of your car and

["end of" + "near"] != "long term". Long term I'd see Europeans moving away from cars, as much as possible. €4k incentive in France to get rid of your car and get electrical bikes, and a public transportation of the kind that the US can't even dream (inside cities trams and buses + high speed trains + inter-cities and inter-countries buses - all at least in Europe and neighborhood (where car could be a term of comparison)), are much more impactful than the stick shift obsolescence.