Is the change in mobility in crisis? Electric car start-up Fisker went bankrupt a few days ago and BMW canceled a multibillion-dollar order from a battery manufacturer. We spoke to Miba boss F. Peter Mitterbauer about electric mobility, the complexity of change and the importance of the population.
Will diesel and petrol cars still receive approval in the European Union from 2035 or not? With EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement that the planned phase-out of combustion engines will be put to the test again by 2026, and with funding having also lapsed in Germany, the hype around electric mobility seems a bit dead outside.
“It won’t happen in black and white terms”
“The electric cars are coming, but it remains to be seen how quickly. It will certainly not happen with the speed and black-and-white perspective that was discussed and believed,” says Miba boss F. Peter Mitterbauer.
The automotive industry is an important partner for the group of companies he leads, based in Laakirchen. A lot of brainpower is being put into e-mobility projects: Miba received the first series orders for the Flexcooler, a development for cooling batteries.
“Reality is much more complex”
Mitterbauer is critical of the fact that much change is determined by regulations and therefore by politics: “The reality is much more complex than is often discussed in public. I also think that taking the population along is partly overlooked.”
What is needed now? “It takes people who think about what is good and possible and how we can achieve that. That requires more complexity.”
Source: Krone
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