“German auto giants, once courted, become political pariahs”
The Wall Street Journal
Ahead of the September general elections, German politicians “are turning their backs on a scandal-ridden [car] industry,” because strongly supporting the car industry is becoming a liability, writes William Boston in Wall Street Journal. “While the government isn’t about to drop all support to the car industry, experts say in the current environment it likely won’t lend manufacturers as friendly an ear as in the past without more concessions on advancing alternative-energy vehicles,” writes Boston.
Read the article (behind paywall) in English here.
Find out how Germany’s established carmakers seek to adapt to the transformation of mobility in this CLEW dossier.
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