The political uncertainty has been created by their lobbyists. Selling big SUVs with internal combustion engine promised more short term money than investing in affordable electric vehicles.

Physics will not compromise, neither should we with these assholes.

If anything increase the fines. Give them no choice but to make better cheaper EVs because the cheap ones aren’t good enough right now and the rest are too expensive.

The EU emission targets would require about 37% of cars sold to be EVs starting next year. That is nearly double the current level in a few months. Combined with low car sales mainly due to work from home being more populare since the pandemic and car makers have a decent challenge to solve. Also they can not just buy Chinese due to tarrifs.

Also the German government has already declined to work towards lowering those targets. It is the German car industry calling for it.