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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.

U.S. President Donald Trump enters the stadium during the Division I Men's Wrestling Championship held at the Wells Fargo Center on March 22, 2025 in Philadelphia.
PoliticsTrump warns U.S. carmakers not to take advantage of tariffs by hiking prices on consumers
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 28, 2025
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump shake hands as they attend the men's NCAA wrestling competition.
North AmericaElon Musk warns effect from Trump tariffs is ‘not trivial’ for Tesla
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 27, 2025
Rachel Zegler attends the World Premiere of Walt Disney Studios' "Snow White" at El Capitan Theatre on March 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
Companies‘Snow White’ producer’s son defends his dad reprimanding star Rachel Zegler over ‘immature desires’ that ‘hurt the film’s box office’
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 27, 2025
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.
North AmericaCanada investigates whether Tesla wrongfully helped itself to a subsidy-fueled sales boom
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 26, 2025
President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of Presidential Council for Culture and Art.
PoliticsAirbus chairman sees ‘strong indications’ an emboldened Putin is mobilizing forces to attack NATO’s eastern flank
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 26, 2025
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, makes his way to a morning session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in 2023.
FinanceWarren Buffett can finally give away his $1 million March Madness prize after winner bested mathematical odds of 1 in 134 million
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 25, 2025
White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn in Washington, DC.
TechTesla’s monthly sales slump 40% across Europe, new data shows, but the worst may finally be over
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 25, 2025
Rachel Zegler as the titular Snow White.
Companies‘Snow White’ built Disney into entertainment powerhouse; now its remake risks becoming a culture war casualty and its biggest flop
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March.
TechTesla investors at a loss as Elon Musk drags down stock price: ‘This time it feels different’
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 22, 2025
A scene from Severance.
Arts & EntertainmentApple is reportedly willing to lose $1 billion every year just to fuel its streaming ambitions
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 22, 2025
White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn.
PoliticsTesla’s CEO Elon Musk returns to rally his troops in company all hands: ‘The future of Tesla is incredibly bright’
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck on the South Portico of the White House.
PoliticsElon Musk’s Tesla recalls every single Cybertruck ever delivered to fix stainless steel panels which have been coming loose and falling off
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 20, 2025
Howard Lutnick, chairman and chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald LP, left, and Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a campaign event for Donald Trump.
PoliticsTrump commerce secretary pumps Tesla stock, urging Americans to buy Elon Musk’s carmaker: ‘It will never be this cheap again’
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 20, 2025
A burned Tesla vehicle is shown at a Tesla collision center Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Las Vegas.
PoliticsScared Tesla owners are petitioning Elon Musk to add a feature that would warn off vandals as more cars are set on fire
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 19, 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.
TechTesla short sellers land a $16.2bn payday on stock plunge as rival BYD hits record high on world’s fastest EV recharging tech
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 18, 2025
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