This is why legacy automakers are in trouble:
“Mr. Mibe also struggled to bring Honda’s engineers along, said Shigeo Makino, an automotive critic in Tokyo. Many engineers had spent their careers working on world-class engines and were reluctant to try something new.
During internal meetings, some were stunned when Mr. Mibe remarked, “We don’t have to make those oily, smelly engines anymore,” said Mr. Makino, who attended some of the discussions while working on a book about Honda technologies.”
by LEM1978