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Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago

Volvo CEO: electric wave will kill a few Western automakers – which ones?

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Volvo CEO: electric wave will kill a few Western automakers – which ones?

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Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days ago
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Volvo CEO: electric wave will kill a few Western automakers - which ones?
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Volvo’s long-time CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, is returning to help the brand and openly admits that the rapid electrification of the...
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    Western? Looks like Mazda, Subaru, Honda, Toyota, and Nissan are all waaaaaaaay behind. Nissan blew its lead, Honda’s only EV is a badge engineered GM product, Toyota is actively trying to make EVs not happen in favour of hybrids, and is holding hands with Mazda that is doing nothing but riding Toyota’s coattails.

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    The passenger car division is 78% owned by a Chinese company. I don’t understand the “buy European” angle here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Cars

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      Most of their cars are actually designed and produced in Europe.

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    Didn’t they stop or push back their American electric rollout?

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