“An Existential Crisis in the German Auto Industry” – Das Spiegel

“Frustration among electric car buyers is helping to fuel a combustion boom. And it’s not just at Caritas that the shift to electric cars has stalled. The German federal government’s central modernization project is in danger of failing. Not only is the German populace not playing along, but manufacturers haven’t come up with attractive products and the political framework conditions still haven’t been optimized. Electric car purchases remain the domain of those with healthier salaries”

https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/volkswagen-und-co-deutschlands-autobauer-in-der-existenzkrise-ist-es-das-ende-der-autonation-a-a8e67021-cf57-4931-98c1-fde3f2714fef