If you were an owner of one of these hugely proprietary cars, and major auto manufacturers were done divesting their stakes, what would the future of parts, tech, and software support look like? Considering how excruciating everything from tire swaps to s
When it comes to things like policy there is always a huge influence of various parties, let’s call them lobbyists, to stay polite 😊 After 2015 two things happened in parallel. First of all, the diesel scandal. And while apart from VW no one paid signific
I do disagree on the politicians part The transition to EV had to happen way too fast, I do understand that you have to push anyway or nothing much will happen, remember the Renault Fluence and Zoë ? Renault and Nissan (Leaf) were pioneers but they decide
Doesn’t mean that electric mobility (even amongst expensive cars) is a dead end. The lacking reliability, massively delayed product launches and horrendous resale values are all factors but none of them are a feature of EVs as such, just of managing the s
How did I know from the beginning it was going to be a dead end ? I'm a sensible electro mechanical engineer so I know the 'yes we can' doesn't work for the EV-hype either ... the math simply doesn't work out. Ev cars are amazing and will hopefully always
That Ford was considered a ‘European’ carmaker for the best part of a century in Europe - with a largely separate product portfolio fully adapted to European tastes. They used to have a double digit market share in Europe for the majority of their time he