In a joint interview with the Financial Times, Ola Källenius, head of European car industry body Acea and the chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, also warned that the European Commission would be making “a catastrophic mistake” if the automotive market shrank further as a result of forcing the industry to sell only EVs.
Weird, car makers currently have problems getting all their cars sold despite combustion engines being available.
Seems like the demand just isn’t there.
Sounds odd. Will there suddenly be less demand for cars if they don’t burn fossil fuels? Will this cause people who commute several hours to work to suddenly switch to bikes, or to move closer to work?
Surely the demand for cars is more influenced by the housing market and public transportation infrastructure than by what motor the car uses.
There is no demand for shitty expensive hybrids and cars with 1.2l, 3 cylinder turbo engines.
Electric infrastructure is simply bad. Good luck going on a trip during season. And those cars are also expensive.