It will — but not at the expense of others. Anti-competitive rules are generally about sorting benefits that raise all boats and practice where one pushes their competitor down to stay above the water (sorry about the too long sea metaphor).

I was expecting him to be a lot more negative against a terribly unfair competitor, but he proved very insightful, and genuinely concerned for impact. The main consequence of VW investing in those tech in the near future is most likely a raise in prices for rare-earth metal needed for the battery, and more competition, so I don’t see him defending his margins. On the other hand, he is trying to accelerate the legitimisation of what is still a slightly unusual technology. I have no problem with that, even less as he has been repeatedly and transparently doing that.