Here is how I see the situation: It is a worldwide consensus that combustion engines cause global warming. As a result, more and more people start substituting the traditional cars with electric or hydrogen based ones. This is a process that is going to take several years but certainly not several decades. Look at how many electric cars are now being sold in China. In Norway 50% of all new cars are electric. The shift from combustion engines to electric motors has already started but still many Germans think this only a trend or even fad that soon will end and then the entire world is going to buy our fantastic German diesel cars again. The transition from combustion engines to electric vehicles is as irreversible as the shift from steam trains to electric trains or from analogue phones to digital ones. Just look at the numbers and you will see what kind of changes the next few years will bring. The German car manufacturers have become way too complacent to be able to catch up with those companies leading the field. All the Germans are left with now is trying to maximize their damage control. The times when German engineers were leading the field are over.
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