It has been said that the global fi-nancial storm has forced a reshuffling of the deck in the automotive industry. Major carmakers, anxious to shake off their conservative image and seize market share among the new generation, have heavily invested in development and production of fully electrically powered vehicles. If this is truly the case, the financial crisis has at least made one positive "contribution."
有人說，2008 年的全球金融風暴迫使了國際汽車業重新洗牌，各大車廠為了擺脫老大顢頇形象、搶占下一世代的市場先機，積極投入全電動車的開發生產，應可算是金融災難外的一樁「貢獻」。