Ulrike Malmendier

THE WRITER, A MEMBER OF THE GERMAN COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC EXPERTS, IS PROFESSOR OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

After spending decades perfecting some of the world’s most advanced fuel-injection technologies, Germany was slow to adapt as demand shifted towards electric vehicles.

Germany’s moment of reckoning: What it must do to compete

2026-09-23T09:00:00.000Z