This is not investment advice. And yes some native Chinese legacy makes will not go under as they transition but may consolidate. And yes there may be attempts to hide legacy maker bankruptcy from share holders-for instance Sony was bankrupt for all intents and purposes not long ago but the sponsored lap dog media never covered it- and BMW has been claiming it sold more cars than it did over the last 5 years (see SEC settlement.) But they won't be able to hide this. It will be bigger than a diesel gate going on simultaneously on each continent.
Legacy make managements surely know they are going under very soon and if there are exceptions where the CEOs aren't somehow very clear on it the rest of the management is surely clear on it. They just aren't telling their share holders. If you want to be charitable you could say they are waiting for a miracle. But really they are shirking their fiduciary duty. They might be able to say it was a fossil fuel conspiracy based on concrete state policies- the government made us do it. What excuse will institutional fund managers that divest too late have? It wasn't foreseeable? That's laughable.
These will be deep bankruptcies that mergers won't forestall. Won't be more than 5 brands left only 3 former legacy makes after their bankruptcies- Tesla, Nio and surving post bankruptcy restructured Hyundai, Toyota & VW. The Big 2.5 will be gone!
Legacy makes are simply not ready and they won't make it through 2023 where their sales drop by more than 75% for the full year because everyone recognizes their products by value and performance are utterly and totally obsolete and refuses to buy new ICE or settle for compliance versions of EVs. None of them will make it through even a single year of that.
What about VW? Its further in the rear view mirror. Its electrics are so far behind and getting further behind they might as well be dead ICE and the bulk of the firm and its valuation and sunk cost is still fully based on dead ICE. Toyota? The Mirai even the new one is lame and solid state is irrelevant now.
Motes are stupid but thresholds aren't and Tesla is crossing a winner take all threshold right now. Never been a firm in history as aggressive as Tesla. 50% of global auto and energy markets is just a start- regardless both will be zero fossil fuels- natural gas is dead. Funny speculation about what if weasles weighed 60lbs or 60kg- nothing else would be left. Speed kills and all the laggards are on their way to the down for the count mat right now.
Legacy make managements surely know they are going under very soon and if there are exceptions where the CEOs aren't somehow very clear on it the rest of the management is surely clear on it. They just aren't telling their share holders. If you want to be charitable you could say they are waiting for a miracle. But really they are shirking their fiduciary duty. They might be able to say it was a fossil fuel conspiracy based on concrete state policies- the government made us do it. What excuse will institutional fund managers that divest too late have? It wasn't foreseeable? That's laughable.
These will be deep bankruptcies that mergers won't forestall. Won't be more than 5 brands left only 3 former legacy makes after their bankruptcies- Tesla, Nio and surving post bankruptcy restructured Hyundai, Toyota & VW. The Big 2.5 will be gone!
Legacy makes are simply not ready and they won't make it through 2023 where their sales drop by more than 75% for the full year because everyone recognizes their products by value and performance are utterly and totally obsolete and refuses to buy new ICE or settle for compliance versions of EVs. None of them will make it through even a single year of that.
What about VW? Its further in the rear view mirror. Its electrics are so far behind and getting further behind they might as well be dead ICE and the bulk of the firm and its valuation and sunk cost is still fully based on dead ICE. Toyota? The Mirai even the new one is lame and solid state is irrelevant now.
Motes are stupid but thresholds aren't and Tesla is crossing a winner take all threshold right now. Never been a firm in history as aggressive as Tesla. 50% of global auto and energy markets is just a start- regardless both will be zero fossil fuels- natural gas is dead. Funny speculation about what if weasles weighed 60lbs or 60kg- nothing else would be left. Speed kills and all the laggards are on their way to the down for the count mat right now.