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Tesla in Berlin: Why the German car industry needn’t be worried

Tesla Elon Musk Ferdinand Dudenhöffer Berlin

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The news took everyone by surprise: Tesla wants to build a "Gigafactory" in Brandenburg, on the outskirts of Berlin, its first plant in Europe. The projected cost is 6.5 billion AUD. How dangerous is this development for Germany’s traditional car industry and its premium brands?


Professor Ferdinand Dudenhöffer Universität Duisburg-Essen SBS German
Professor Ferdindand Dudenhöffer vom CAR-Center der Universität Duisburg-Essen Source: Supplied

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