christiane berghoff explains. issues in the automobile industry automotive industry is in a decisive phase right now due to various issues particularly the technology shipped towards electro mobility and we must ask the question what is the future viability of the german auto industry industry. to answer this the researchers sketch out 2 possible scenarios. in one the german automotive industry masters the challenges ahead of. us under the and the other scenario is one in which the german automotive industry fails to do so or at least fails to do so comprehensively and to sell there is a reason to at least consider this possibility from the 6 months of eagles and see . if german automakers do not manage to innovate they could face a bleak future according to prognosis the automotive industry would shrink by about 40 percent by $24051.00 in 3 jobs in vehicle manufacturing would be lost. which would have repercussions for the entire german economy. one question is what is the impact of 500000 fewer people working in