Agree.

Close to zero progress in electrifying European produced cars. I would say unions are the cause for the delay resisting any change away from skills their members have, but obsoleted by electric cars with 1/10 the number of parts required.

VW group has twice the EVs in pipeline than Tesla. Sales are probably gonna overtake Tesla this or next year. They are not as fun as Teslas but they are solid products that people seem to prefer over fart mode that cost them extra $10k.

We'll see about that pipeline, as the underlying massive investment needed got blocked last year by union leaders.

On what evidence do you say that? The German auto unions have been saying for years that the switch to electric needs to be planned and managed exactly so the sector remains competitive and can employ people

Who needs evidence when you have ideology?

>And German car engineering is mostly known for being overly complicated, I say that as a German

Being German doesn't give your statement credibility - you don't have to be German to drive or understand a German car.

If you said "as a German automotive engineer" then it might carry some weight, but only if also provided specifics.

The point is I'm not an American/Japanese who is biased against German cars for whatever reason..

The manufacturing unions surely have nothing to do with the engineering and design of the vehicles.