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*German automakers

Somehow non-German European car makers like Volvo have made great progress on their roadmaps to 100% electric by 2035.

Their most popular models are now no longer sold with 100% ICE, as an example.

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>German automakers*

German automakers bet the farm on Diesel a long time ago. And lost but didn't have the nerve to admit and switch.

And the Japanese bet on hydrogen.

Both leaders have now become followers in the industry.

BEV's are not proven over the course of history. If anything they have already failed once. The first time they failed was because of the lack of infrastructure. The economics of ICE are well proven. If the BEV cannot be viable without legislation that should tell you something is dramatically wrong with them, not encourage more legislation.

Volvo is Chinese.

And their management team, engineering team and values are all verly clearly Swedish. And way ahead of the curve compared to their German competitors, it seems.

And no, EV engineering being located in China is not what I'm hearing.

Volvo EV engineering team is in China.

Not quite what I'm hearing.

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