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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has a symbol of hope for the country's auto workers who fear losing jobs in the transition to EV's: A $3 billion wafer fab in Saarland, planned by auto supplier ZF Group and US chip maker Wolfspeed, Inc.: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz

Laconic German captions FTW AFP Photo via DER SPIEGEL

Mit dem Ausstieg aus der Atom- und Kohleverstromung könnte Deutschland in einigen Jahren vom Netto-Exporteur zum Importeur von Elektrizität werden trib.al/Btqxwtw

Ford's Fiesta just sailed off into the sunset, and the Focus isn't far behind. Stefan Nicola and Will Wilkes on Europe's small-car brawl and more casualties to come. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accepts carnival season prize and jokes: "I wanted to come as a l/Leopard. But then I was afraid the chancellery would for weeks not grant me permission to travel."

Gas prices may be falling, but German deputy Economy Minister Franziska Brantner says businesses and families need to keep energy consumption down: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics and Michael Nienaber

Charlie Munger on why he prefers an investment in BYD over $TSLA: "That's easy, Tesla last year reduced its prices in China twice while BYD increased its prices. BYD is so ahead of Tesla in China it's almost ridiculous. If you count all the manufacturing space BYD has in China to

My fave sound is the BMW one..thanks to #HansZimmer Stefan Nicola Monica Magdalena Raymunt

🎵Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz? 🎵 Oh, and one more thing Lord. You'll need approximately 73,000 euros, or 43% more than in 2019. Thanks. $mbg

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There is a 5.7 million kilometer tangle of underground cables across Germany - but no one knows where they're buried In February, Lufthansa had to ground all its flights due to one getting accidentally cut Oliver Crook explains why this could happen again trib.al/g7DBDXS

A Tesla Model X will set you back at least $79,990. More than I’ve got lying around, but $41,000 less than what this SUV cost at the start of the year. $41K! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Filing this under "Future of German Tech"

Key insights from Oliver Crook's bonus footage at Germany's IAA car show last week: 1) The CEOs of Volkswagen Group/Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and PoleStar_emy have more in common than I expected 2) Natalie Portman and I share a history with Oldsmobiles

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VW is having a tough time selling enough mostly made-in-Germany electric cars to challenge Tesla’s global dominance. Lackluster economic growth, higher energy, living and borrowing costs in Europe have weighed on demand for its EVs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Monica Magdalena Raymunt

Impressive reporting from my Bloomberg colleague Tiffany Kary on the public health research and legal fallout from forever chemicals, i.e. PFAS, in industrial applications.