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Originally Posted by LogicalApex
The auto world is always changing. That’s the nature of a competitive industry.
Even without government mandates for EVs. You’d see BMW changing how it makes its cars and how it builds and cultivates its brand in ways it sees as proper.
Many enthusiasts here hate the loss of a “driver’s focus” of the brand and that goes back decades.
Many enthusiasts complain of the loss the brand’s boutique status to chase “mass appeal” and that goes back a while too.
I get it. You hate EVs. But everything happening you see as “bad” isn’t because of EVs. You can separate the two.  |
The old pace of change was predictable. The actual bans aren't even the driving factor, it's the insane EPA and EU version of it are adopting emission rules that will be impossible to meet by 2028-30. Brussels response to the auomakers was "you complain to much, figure it out".
So now we have automakers losing billions and spending billions trying to meet insane deadlines for a grid that can't possibly support them and being told by the Green Elite, Tough Shit, guess fewer people will be driving. So yeah, I'm
