• WanderingThoughts@europe.pub
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    1 day ago

    The VDA now wants to shift from a full ban to a 90 percent CO2 reduction target for new vehicles by 2035. That means 10 percent of vehicles sold could be powered by internal combustion engines.

    Here they go again. First it’s 90%. If that’s approved, they move to lobbying for 80%, 70%, … We’ve seen that move before.

    Not that it matters, China can undercut them on price if they need to. German manufacturers have been cheapening their brand for increased profits, so that premium reputation matters less and less. Meanwhile cost of living isn’t going down.

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      Not that it matters, China can undercut them on price if they need to.

      Not if they’re tariffed to hell and back.

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          19 hours ago

          What news coming out of the EU convinces you it isn’t retarded? Because it’s been basically a continuous stream of retardation only occasionally interrupted by sound policy.