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For a century Germany's comparative advantage has been [mechanical] engineering. As a European I want (need?) Germany to succeed. Ergo: more of this, please.

• boringg 5mo ago
  Their advantage was mechanical engineering. They have historically not done well with electrical systems. So this is a change - hopefully for the better.
  • arlcode 5mo ago
    That's not quite right. For example Siemens and Bosch are large enterprises specialised in industrial scale electrical machines and parts (among other fields). Infineon was spun off from Siemens 25 years ago an plays an important role in chip manufacturing for automative systems.
  • ahartmetz 5mo ago
    Electrical auxiliary stuff used to be and maybe still is a source of trouble. Power electronics should be fine, there's plenty of know-how available in the country, and with any luck, car companies won't have time to home-grow a mismanagement structure to fuck it up like they did with software. Software and battery cells are the main challenges.
• cromka 5mo ago
  Yasa is a British company, for the record.