Mercedes-Benz CEO calls for EU emissions fines to be dropped
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius calls on the EU to drop emissions fines, arguing that they will hinder the development and production of affordable electric cars.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52940725
Those G Wagons emit something like three times the emissions of a normal car, all for the sake of vanity and profit. They shouldn't exist, and Mercedes' CEO can get fucked
they will hinder the development and production of affordable electric cars.
It's Mercedes "leadership" doing that all on their own.
It's really a statement from the CEO of a company that never has and never will be producing affordable cars willingly.
Källenius has been the worst Mercedes CEO in decades and pretty much solely responsible for the brand slowly failing and the quality being in free fall. He'll say anything to divert attention from his personal incompetence.
This comes at a time when EV sales in Europe experienced a 6% decline in 2024, a stark contrast to the growth observed in the United States and China.
To be fair, US sales may be growing faster, but EV sales in the EU -- driven by hefty financial incentives, like tax exemptions -- had also been somewhat-larger in the US.
China, on the other hand, is doing a lot of EVs.
I was looking at a graph the other day. Let me see if I can find it or something comparable.
kagis
Yeah:
I'm sure that Mercedes-Benz can do the math, but one thing that certainly weighed on my mind after glancing at those charts is that one expects that China's going to have substantial economy-of-scale advantages, as they're selling more units.
Throw this guy into a bin. Then throw the bin into the sea. Then throw the sea into a massive bin.