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Of course, because after years overpricing for cars nobody needed they've starter to see China is eating their market share.
If you bought a VW, and Audi or a MB in the last 7-8 years you know what I mean.
>"overpricing for cars nobody needed"
If the car sells, it is priced at what the customer feels is reasonable. It is not for you to moan as you disagree.
And before the Chinese, there were the Koreans and others who came challenging so it's never been for easy.
I am objectively speaking, I only buy used cars after the major depreciation has happened.
> If the car sells
But it doesn't[1]. And people agree, the main reason is: the cars (esp. the lower price ranges) are too expensive.
[1] https://www.politico.eu/article/brutal-financial-results-vol...
Is China eating their market share with open source?
I'm not sure if there's a substantial dent in existing markets, but I would guess that as the Chinese market (the largest in the world) continues to expand, non-chinese makers will have a lower share of the overall global market. I don't think it has anything to do with open source though.
Not because open source but for not joining forces as a german industry and fighting each other to prevail by themselves meanwhile the chinese were using their technology (mostly sent to China by the german automakers) to produce cheaper and better cars (EVs)