“The future is fully electric,”the president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz (Thailand), Christian Schell , declared, expressing his confidence in the automobile's future path. This was emphasized in the first half of 2026 by the oil crisis , when people turned to buying electric vehicles (EVs) in fear of fuel shortages . Even so, there will be some who prefer cars that run on fossil fuel, and that is the current gap that car manufacturers need to bridge.