[radva42]

I am not very surprised by this news: german companies are very, very strong in this field.

I worked a few years in a german research facility for production technology and automation a few years ago and the stuff we were working on was impressive ... to say the least.

Very smart people and a lot a discipline => it's obviously paying off.

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Then again, there's a general sentiment [here] that German carmakers will go under facing the Tesla threat. The RDF is strong with Tesla. That's from someone who's considering buying a Model 3 next year.

[te_chris]

General sentiment they'll go under? Come again?

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I forgot to refer to what a lot of people in this thread are writing.