Germany’s car industry is losing more and more ground to its global competitors, according to leading expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer. “It is a toxic mixture from Berlin and Brussels that is causing great damage to Germany as a location for the car industry in the long term,” said Dudenhöffer, the director of the Center Automotive Research in Bochum. The winner, he said, is the car industry in China, which is constantly increasing its cost advantage with electric cars. The share of battery-powered vehicles (BEVs) in new car sales in China rose to 25.7% in the first half of the year, while in the …