somehow the rest of my post didn't make it
so here just the noteworthy stories I quoted from.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-jac-m-a/volkswagen-pumps-2-billion-euros-into-china-electric-vehicle-bet-idUSKBN235063
https://insideevs.com/news/358620/ford-vw-share-ev-platform/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-france-strategy/we-thought-too-big-renault-says-as-it-axes-15000-jobs-in-cost-cutting-reboot-idUSKBN2350K0
Renault will focus on EVs.
Registration in Norway+Spain+Netherlands in May currently at 7,004 vs 11,733 in May of 2019
(7,912 vs 10,380 for April)
https://eu-evs.com/pivot.html