I don't disagree with that principle. But Toyota, for example, has been making hybrids for, hmmm, a quarter of a century.[1]
US manufacturers have been maliciously compliant. [2]
[1] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
[2] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance
Sure, but that's not very long. 25 years after ICE cars were invented they weren't nearly as affordable as a Prius is today.
> US manufacturers have been maliciously compliant. [2]
I don't understand how they can be (who is the manufacturer blindly obeying the orders of?).
I don't disagree with that principle. But Toyota, for example, has been making hybrids for, hmmm, a quarter of a century.[1]
US manufacturers have been maliciously compliant. [2]
[1] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
[2] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance