But the reason for it is that EU countries are giving extremely generous tax breaks for EV buyers. In some countries you literally pay half the price of an Audi A8 for a Tesla, even though they both have the same sticker price. Those benefits are ending in many places too, so while right this second buying a Tesla S might seem like a smart choice financially, it's not going to last forever. Model 3 might change that once again by being positioned in the different part of the market entirely, but it's still long time away.

> But the reason for it is that EU countries are giving extremely generous tax breaks for EV buyers.

All the more reason the German car giants should've been in the game all along. They are just to tied to their internal combustion investments, such as deeply established knowledge about turbos, advanced gearboxes and so on.

Innovation in big German companies? It's very slow