Comment by Rinzler89

>Germans are learning it the hard way now that ICE cars are getting out of fashion.

Sadly, "the hard way" is the only way Germany learns lessons. All that national pride on German ICEs is coming home to roost. I remember when I was working for a large German auto company a while back, a division manager laughed at a Chinese auto company in a presentation that "they have tradition since 1995 lol". The arrogance aged like milk.

It's not a nation that values proactive thinking and adapting to change but stubborn pride and conservativism.