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[-] Senshi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Absolutely. Many of these deadlines already have been pushed backed in the EU, and there's no reason to believe they won't be pushed back again. The car lobby is incredibly powerful here.

The reason the lobby accepted these numbers at all is because they now use them to demand government subsidies because otherwise they claim they won't be able to afford the necessary R&D and retooling of factories. All the while raking in solid profits, as usual. Socialize the costs, privatize the profits, as usual.

I fully expect there to be lots of moaning about "unexpected difficulties and expenses" over the next decade.

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