Volkswagen, sounds familiar, right? Back in 2008, from the epic short squeeze battle to the financial crisis crash, it never really recovered—just rebounds followed by more declines... First, the global auto industry entered an era of stock competition, losing expectations of high-speed growth. Then, the electric vehicle boom became the new high-growth (replacing gas cars) expectation. The things of the old era were abandoned just like that, even though Volkswagen's market is still huge.