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Christiaan Hetzner is a former writer for Fortune, where he covered Europe’s changing business landscape. He’s reported from Germany for the past two decades and is passionate about tracking industry’s intersection with finance and policy as they collectively target a net-zero society. Shaped by his time in Frankfurt covering the collapse of the dotcom stock market bubble for Dow Jones Newswires, he joined Reuters in 2004 before shifting to commentary and features for Automotive News Europe ten years later. Hailing from upstate New York, he is a graduate of Georgetown University.

Oliver Blume, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, during a television interview ahead of the company's annual news conference in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
CompaniesVolkswagen seeks audience with Trump, dangling more than $10 billion in U.S. investments in exchange for tariff exemptions
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 25, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Musk, who served as an adviser to Trump and led the Department of Government Efficiency, announced he would leave his role in the Trump administration to refocus on his businesses.
AITesla sells off after Elon Musk scraps his 2025 sales growth target and warns, ‘We could have a few rough quarters’ 
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 24, 2025
Mary Barra speaks onstage during WSJ's Future of Everything 2025 at The Glasshouse on May 28, 2025 in New York City.
AIMorgan Stanley’s blunt challenge to GM CEO Mary Barra: ‘How does GM expect to be profitable with EVs when players like Tesla apparently cannot?’
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 23, 2025
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk delivers remarks as he joins U.S. President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.
AIHe won a victory for Tesla’s European owners—now one Elon Musk fan is pushing for FSD to finally come to Sweden
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 22, 2025
Oliver Blume, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, during the company's annual news conference in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025
CompaniesPorsche CEO seeks fresh cost cuts, warning business model ‘no longer works’ in post-Trump, new China world
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 21, 2025
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025.
AI‘Elon is gambling’ — How Tesla is proving doubters right on why its robotaxi service cannot scale
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 20, 2025
SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures after a speech at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023.
TechTesla finally launches in India, but the world’s third largest car market has been a graveyard for western brands
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 18, 2025
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk stands in front of the newly unveiled all-electric battery-powered Tesla's Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California on November 21, 2019.
LeadershipDemand for Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck plummeted in the second quarter, new data shows
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 17, 2025
Entrepreneur Marc Andreessen speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016 at Pier 48 on September 13, 2016 in San Francisco, California.
AILeaked message show Marc Andreessen blasting elite colleges over DEI: ‘My people are furious and not going to take it anymore’
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 16, 2025
Ralf Brandstätter, chief operating officer of brand for Volkswagen AG (VW), speaks during the world premiere of the new VW Golf automobile at the automaker's headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.
Leadership‘China’s car market has lost all reason’ – the country’s largest western carmaker refuses to compete in Tesla and BYD’s EV price war 
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 15, 2025
White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) on March 9, 2025
AIElon Musk promises Tesla shareholders a vote over buying equity in his Grok startup: ‘If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago’
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced 25% tariffs on all foreign-made cars.
CompaniesTrump’s law of the jungle means U.S. trade deals aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, trade expert warns
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 12, 2025
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025.
LeadershipTesla’s rule-breaking board expressing ‘almost a contempt for lawful and accepted procedure’, says governance expert
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 11, 2025
Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre on June 16, 2023.
AIElon Musk says even if AI ultimately proves bad for humanity he still wants to be there to see it
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 10, 2025
Former White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
AI‘Shut up, Dan’ — Elon Musk snaps at Tesla bull Dan Ives after he demands board take action against the CEO
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 9, 2025
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