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justsaysmthng on April 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: BMW Loses Core Development Team of Its I3 and I8 E...

> You think the four departed executives haven't already texted senior engineers saying, "let's talk in the next couple weeks"?

Maybe they have and I'm sure there are some very attractive offers on the table there.. But I don't think that BMW treats its engineers badly either.

For a german (bavarian) engineer, working at BMW is a badge of honor, while the Chinese "Future Mobility Corp" is still a wild shot in the air.

So while some will try the greener pastures at the new startup, most will probably not be swayed.

Again, wild speculation from a non-german non-engineer, please correct me if I got it wrong.

contingencies on April 21, 2016 [–]

Chinese "Future Mobility Corp" is still a wild shot in the air

Not really, Tencent is extremely famous, it's like Google here. You may not be aware that literally most vehicles on the road here in China are electric already (though most are bikes, there are also buses, taxis and tractors).

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