Yes I have noticed this alot lately, which is a very positive point you making, that the German car brands at least are embracing with making business partnerships or even purchasing some innovative start up companies (in the EV and software field) in other countries to boost their knowledge pool and bring their cars to fruition earlier. Also making partnerships with Chinese companies is crucial to be able to bring the best tech to the Chinese car consumers, as they very much focused on having the newest software and charging tech in their EVs.
One good thing out of all this, is the car buyer is going to be the winner. Cars are getting super advanced and not so primitive in their software and battery tech. They soon will be catching up with mobile phones.
