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Germany news: Automakers see worst profits since 2009 (www.dw.com)
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[โ€“] anon5621@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Maybe because stop building shit cars with huge overprice? Nobody asked them to put so many electronics in car, I don't wanna computer on wheels ,I need car with good engine ,repairable and reliable and not spying on me either and work autonomous not being tracked at all ,offline car. I am not talking about visual design even... Also where are all sedans gone? SUV sucks

[โ€“] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Ungrateful consumers not liking their innovative finger print opening door handles! And the touch screens! Oh the touch screens! Who doesn't like the touch screens! What did people touch before?

[โ€“] derjules@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

And you need subscriptions for basic features now. They havenโ€™t suffered enough yet to listen to customers again.

[โ€“] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're in minority. Most people are buying shit Chinese cars instead. Those have even more electronics and silly features but quality is dubious and it's all full of bugs. I drove couple of rental cars like this. They have things like speed sign recognition that fails all the time and sounds a warning sound constantly while you drive below speed limit, turn signals that don't make any sound, automatic lights that sometimes work, some shit screen sharing apps instead of android auto. But they are cheap (you can buy the fully equipped version with led light and scented AC for the price of mid range European car) so people buy them. If European companies start making basic, repairable cars without tracking they will sell a car to you and me and that's it. Most people will still buy Chinese shit. Oh, and while EU car makers push to soften the 2035 gas engine ban China is flooding the market with cheap electric cars. German car makers are desperately trying to maintain their advantage in a dying market. I'm sure this will turn out great for them...

[โ€“] devfuuu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

And it's because they're the cheapest. Not because of the tech.