you are the media you consume.
But all in all, the steam locomotive builders were unable to change quickly enough to diesel locomotives to be competitive and some even tried like Baldwin and ALCO. Why will gasoline automobile manufacturers be any different?
GE still builds diesel electrics. Ironically, GM sold Electro-Motive Division (EMD), the second largest locomotive builder, in 2005 to the private Greenbriar Equity and Berkshire Partners.