“The West can’t ignore China’s rise as an e-car empire”
Handelsblatt Global
China wants to become a global maker of e-cars, “take on the hegemony of Western and Asian producers,” and German carmakers risk being bypassed “if [they] don’t take notice” of these developments, writes Handelsblatt Global. While Western companies still dominate the area of combustion technology, “Beijing recognised at an early stage that the rise of electric cars offered an opportunity to tip the balance,” writes the newspaper.
Read the article (behind paywall) in English here.
For background, read the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.
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