The problem is the Germans allowed the Chinese to learn everything about making modern cars, and then allowed them to be exported into Germany killing the German car market. Do you know the Chinese EV’s are sold basically at cost. The profit comes from the German car companies buying the Chinese Carbon Credit. Everything the Chinese do is to kill the Western car companies.
the other problems are that the EU makes too much overpriced, unrepairable junk, and their manufacturing costs have ballooned due to exploding energy costs resulting from insane “green” energy policies ... Germany has almost killed their domestic auto manufacturing ...
and 3. EU’s insane policies forcing their auto makers to switch from ICE autos to EV autos ...