Let’s start with this: if you’re going to critique design, don’t do it wearing a crumpled, striped pink-and-blue shirt that looks like it crawled out of a 1990s bargain bin. If you want to dish out opinions on aesthetics, at least look like you’ve met a mirror. Dress the part—designer brands like Boss or Tommy Hilfiger, not “last seen on a man asking for spare change.”

This all goes out to JayEmm, whose review of the Audi Q4 e-Tron takes aim at the Volkswagen Group’s messy leap into the EV world. He calls the Q4 e-Tron a symbol of the German car industry’s decline.

Despite dressing like he lost a fight with a laundry basket, JayEmm hits the mark. The Volkswagen Group, Audi included, has slipped up badly by sleepwalking into the EV revolution.

While Tesla and the Chinese giants sprint ahead, VW’s playing catch-up with yesterday’s ideas in tomorrow’s market.