„Es ist dumm“: Warum der Rückzug westlicher Automobilhersteller von Elektrofahrzeugen das Risiko birgt, sie zur Bedeutungslosigkeit zu verurteilen | Automobilindustrie
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china?CMP=share_btn_url
Von Karthak_Maz_Urzak
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>Andy Palmer, a former chief executive of Aston Martin, said: “The worst possible response [from the Europeans] is to blink, slow investment and hope the market somehow resets in their favour. It won’t.”
>The Iran war makes the west’s EV retreat look even more shortsighted. Soaring oil prices have already prompted fresh interest in electric cars after [petrol station prices surged](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/14/m1-drivers-fuel-prices-us-israel-iran) across Europe. The German car dealer MeinAuto said EV-related online traffic had jumped by 40% since the war broke out.
>Palmer, who also developed the world’s first mass-market EV in the Nissan Leaf and now chairs a battery technology firm, said: “Chinese carmakers have moved early, built real capability in batteries and software, and are scaling fast. If Europe hesitates now, it will hand rivals a structural advantage that becomes harder and harder to reverse.”
Europe should just outsource all manufacturing to China 🇨🇳 it will be best for Europe future stability.
Where is exactly the EV retreat ?
I’m having a hard time reconciling this article with the sales chart. BMW, Mercedes and Volvo are asleep but others are certainly moving in the right direction.
Skoda up 109%
Renault up 90%
Cupra up 70%
VW up 86%
Blah blah blah
If they don’t go full EV, they are doomed. If they fully embrace EV, they are just not huge anymore but would survive. Legacy brands are fading away, it’s inevitable. They’re too slow to adapt to the market.