It is exactly this why the world needs Elon Musks: To break out of the cycle of endless iteration of the same old technology. While conventionally fuelled motors have come a long way and today the cleanliness of fully electric vehicles might be a bit dubious given how electricity is largely produced and the bad battery technology employed, a large enough push in the right direction will fix that too.<p>Apparently the old minds of VW et al. are too slow to adapt. Let&#x27;s see whether this situation becomes a giant slow-motion crash of German automakers (and therefore the German economy) or whether they can pull through with their promise to &quot;not be the first, but the best&quot; on the market.