the fact that lobbying, which literally is just bribing the government, is somehow legal all over the world is crazy to me.
imagine if they simply spent that lobbying money on research and development!
They know they can’t compete with China at this point, so they’d prefer to flip the table.
If car companies can’t adapt and innovate in 10 fucking years then they deserve to go under.
Where I live older cars can’t enter the city center. In a couple of years the ban will be expanded to all ICE cars. Many other cities are introducing same rules. This fight is pointless. Even if EU will not ban all ICE cars local jurisdiction will still fight them. On top of that last ICE cars manufactured in 2035 will still be on the roads until, what?, 2050? Those companies are basically lobbying for the right to complete against cheap electric cars from China with big batteries and fast charging. Good luck with that.
