How the German car industry is abolishing itself
Registration numbers for electric cars have increased significantly in recent months. After a sharp decline last year, sales picked up again in 2025. The share of purely battery-powered vehicles in Germany reached 18 percent in May.
But this is still far from the numbers needed to have 15 million electric cars on the road by 2030.
This is also due to the fact that Wolfsburg, Stuttgart and Munich are sticking to fossil technologies.
The result: the technological gap is growing, margins are shrinking, and dependence on foreign countries is taking on dramatic forms.
Electromobility came as no surprise. Tesla wasn't a secret project. China's subsidy policy for electric cars has been known for over a decade. And yet, German industry missed the transition .
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