Also to add to that: a lot of the European carmakers also fought governments hard to give them more time with their fossil fuel cars and not to push/benefit EV as much as they wanted
Then Tesla came along and suddenly they had a lot of catch-up to do when they realised that people actually wanted those cars and now they are the ones behind the market since they slept to long
In Germany there’s a saying: “Wer nicht mit der Zeit geht der geht mit der Zeit” - basically: “If you’re not moving with the changes they will force you out eventually”