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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.

Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen arrives at Tesla Worldwide Debut of Model X on February 9, 2012
AITesla design chief drops bombshell leak: The Cybercab will spearhead robotaxi pilot in Texas
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 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 in Paris, France.
AITesla’s ‘self-drive’ tech accused of causing Cybertruck crash as owner urges Musk to ‘save others from the same fate or far worse’
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 10, 2025
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi's first electric vehicle 'Xiaomi SU7 model' is seen on display at a launch event in Beijing on March 28, 2024.
FinanceFortune 500 auto parts supplier Lear looks to slash some 15,000 jobs this year globally
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 7, 2025
Donald Trump holds the first rally of his 2024 Presidential Campaign
PoliticsTrump looks to end a controversial tax loophole that has enriched Wall Street’s wealthiest for years
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 7, 2025
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade.
LeadershipTesla demand is nosediving in EV-friendly Europe amid Elon Musk’s endorsement of the far right
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 6, 2025
Ford CEO Jim Farley listens during an interview in Traverse City, Michigan.
CompaniesTrump tariffs will cost U.S. carmakers billions and are a ‘bonanza’ for Asian competitors, warns Ford CEO Jim Farley 
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event
PoliticsTrump’s proposal of U.S. developing Gaza into ‘Middle East Riviera’ draws global outrage: ‘Ethnic cleansing by another name’
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 5, 2025
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California
TechModel Y refresh can’t come soon enough for Tesla as preliminary January sales in Europe look dire
By Christiaan HetznerFebruary 4, 2025
Elon Musk speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit in New York City.
AIElon Musk’s dream of Tesla robotaxis has been stymied in China by a bizarre foe: The humble bus lane 
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 31, 2025
Former FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker testifies before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing.
PoliticsFlight 5342: White House scrambles to fill top FAA role after previous leader was targeted by Elon Musk
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 31, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin.
AIA peek under the hood of Elon Musk’s Tesla reveals a worrying trend—its auto business is rusting away
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 30, 2025
Part of the wreckage is seen as rescue crews search the waters of the Potomac River after a passenger plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river
PoliticsThe Bombardier CRJ-700 in the American Airlines crash was a safe and reliable workhorse for short-haul routes
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 30, 2025
Trump’s tariff threats are working: Audi ponders a U.S. manufacturing site—and Porsche might join
CompaniesTrump’s tariff threats are working: Audi ponders a U.S. manufacturing site—and Porsche might join
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 29, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd before addressing the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on January 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida.
PoliticsTrump to federal employees on ‘fork in the road’: Quit now and collect eight months’ pay for nothing
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 29, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak during a Donald Trump inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
AIHow Elon Musk built an AI moat around Tesla impervious to DeepSeek’s ‘Sputnik moment’
By Christiaan HetznerJanuary 28, 2025
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