Really bad idea. To be fair the German car industry is hit hard by it. Not as much the actual car makers, but the suppliers. When you produce say crankshafts moving to EVs is much harder. With falling car sales numbers in Europe and EVs taking market share they really have a problem. That btw is a big reason, why Germany has such a bad economy right now.
However EVs are the future and giving those companies a few more years is certain to doom the ones, which can survive. When you look at EV sales you find many German car companies doing pretty well. With the combustion engine industry in a death spiral, the lobbying work is going to decrease as well.
German car makes rely on exports, and a lot of other countries are much more electric car friendly, or will ban the sale of petrol cars soon. They are already late to the EV market; if they delay till 2040 then they wont be able to sell any cars overseas anymore and will have to close factories.
Really bad idea. To be fair the German car industry is hit hard by it. Not as much the actual car makers, but the suppliers. When you produce say crankshafts moving to EVs is much harder. With falling car sales numbers in Europe and EVs taking market share they really have a problem. That btw is a big reason, why Germany has such a bad economy right now.
However EVs are the future and giving those companies a few more years is certain to doom the ones, which can survive. When you look at EV sales you find many German car companies doing pretty well. With the combustion engine industry in a death spiral, the lobbying work is going to decrease as well.
I think if you postpone de deadline to 2040 the same companies will have the same complaints
Yep. Rinse and repeat until you have to do it anyhow. Except the ecosphere is dying meanwhile.
And keep claiming you’re actually on the people’s side on this.
German car makes rely on exports, and a lot of other countries are much more electric car friendly, or will ban the sale of petrol cars soon. They are already late to the EV market; if they delay till 2040 then they wont be able to sell any cars overseas anymore and will have to close factories.