BMW, Mercedes & Audi Just Fired Their China Chiefs — NIO Is Winning

BMW, Mercedes, and Audi simultaneously replaced their China leadership — executives with 12 year tenures all shown the door within weeks of each other. Mercedes dealers openly revolted. Audi dealerships are losing money on every car they sell. Meanwhile NIO just hit 80,000 deliveries on the ES8 and signed a major ecosystem partnership with Tuhu, China's largest auto service platform covering 150 million users. Obi breaks down what the German leadership purge actually signals, why oil approaching $100 a barrel is a tailwind for Chinese EVs specifically, and what a new solid state battery announcement capable of 1,200 kilometers on a single charge means for the race ahead. Recorded live from San Jose during Nvidia GTC week.Nord Security Products:NordVPN: ⁠https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=143053&url_id=902⁠ • • NordPass: ⁠https://go.nordpass.io/aff_c?offer_id=488&aff_id=143053&url_id=9356⁠