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Is German car industry back on top?

Vaishali Dinakaran
September 16, 2025

Rocked by Dieselgate, slow to embrace EVs and outpaced by Tesla and China, German carmakers lost their edge. But now VW is overtaking Tesla at home, tariffs are slowing down Chinese brands, and affordable EVs are coming.

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