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It's not the automakers. Those have long since started to transition to BEVs and do offer some attractive options which are produced at scale and can often be s
by arlcode 4y ago
It's not the automakers. Those have long since started to transition to BEVs and do offer some attractive options which are produced at scale and can often be seen on the streets where I am (not near any of the OEM headquarters). They have also mostly stopped R&D on ICE technology
The issue is with the suppliers and suppliers of suppliers which are a backbone of German industry and some of which cannot transition away ICE technology.
Of course e-fuels are not going to safe them anyway but their lobbying caused this.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoThe automakers did put up initial resistance, some Japanese brands still are. But this particular political compromise is just a libertarian party needing a workaround to avoid to be seen banning something that everyone knows will be obsolete by that time anyway. The EV transition is accelerating, this is just the minimum that could get cross EU support in law today. But individual countries already have their own phase outs.