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Re:The electric shock behind Europe's stuttering EV future by MoreMoore on Saturday December 07, 2024 @12:29PM (#42351229)
Germany is IBM. Existing industries are too valuable and influential, and shifting something as entrenched as German auto industries is an expensive, difficult endeavour that isn't immediately as profitable as the existing business.

At least maybe we'll get to stick around as business consultants and selling mainframes to a handful of companies convinced by "nobody was ever fired for buying German".

Re:The electric shock behind Europe's stuttering EV future by formerly_proven on Saturday December 07, 2024 @01:50PM (#42351851)
People like to say the US is a car-dependent country (because you can't go anywhere without a car).

However, germany is the most car-dependent country (because it can't go anywhere without making cars).