Germany’s car industry was once recognized around the world for its high-quality, innovative internal combustion engine cars. But where is the sector now?
  • Germany’s car industry was once recognized around the world for its high-quality, innovative internal combustion engine cars. But things have changed since then.
  • The industry is facing a range of issues, from regulation to macroeconomics, China and EVs.
  • Issues in the automotive sector may also have spill over effects onto the wider German economy, which has been struggling for some time now.
  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
    72·
    2 months ago

    I read this a few days ago about BMWs having plastic engines now. I plan to avoid.

    • KnightontheSun@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      To be clear to those just reading your comment without clicking through to your reference, the engine is not plastic. The block is still metal, as are the internal parts, but there are a lot of plastic bits all over joining things together (cheaper and perhaps planned obsolescence). Too many parts on the engine being plastic obviously makes for reliability issues (as your link describes).