Protection alone is not enough. I also sense a strong lack of curiosity and openness fueled by arrogance, especially amongst the French corporate top. Just look at the stupidity of the new Citroen "DS" series. What a total lack of innovation. Any engineer can see that Aptera is what the new DS should have been.

I tried to get Dassault interested in that car, as its design logic is that of airplane. But its top prefer backing a prestigious corporate hobby project called Lightyear, exclusively designed for the happy 1%, rather than supporting solid innovation. 50 years ago Aptera would have proudly been designed in Europe. Let's hope a strong recession will wipeout our complacent corporate and political elite. Dead wood blocking the space for the new.