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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.

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TechMercedes takes biggest swing yet at Elon Musk’s Tesla as it unveils new CLA with 492-mile range
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 18, 2025
The burnt-out remains of a Tesla electric car in the Steglitz district on March 14, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
PoliticsTeslas are getting torched in Berlin as surveys show Germans are deserting Elon Musk’s carmaker in droves
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 17, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the newly unveiled Cybertruck in 2019.
TechElon Musk’s Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 14, 2025
Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress
TechTesla may have no new car coming after all as report reveals plan to launch a stripped down Model Y 
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 14, 2025
US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they stand next to a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House.
TechTesla’s fall from grace may have no equal, says JPMorgan: ‘We struggle to think of anything analogous’
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sit in a Model S on the South Lawn of the White House.
TechMorgan Stanley’s auto analyst polls his clients on what they think of Elon Musk—the results make for grim reading
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 13, 2025
US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to the press as they sit in a Tesla vehicle on the South Portico of the White House.
North AmericaElon Musk pledges to double Tesla car production in U.S. in bid to boost Trump’s fortunes—and his own
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 12, 2025
President Trump Speaks Alongside Tesla Vehicles At The White House
PoliticsVandalize Tesla property and the White House will prosecute you as a domestic terrorist, Trump pledges
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 12, 2025
James Murdoch, founder and chief executive officer of Lupa Systems, departs court in San Francisco following a trial related to Tesla.
LeadershipElon Musk confidant James Murdoch becomes the latest Tesla insider to sell, cashing in $13 million amid the historic single-day plunge
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 12, 2025
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (R) jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler.
PoliticsTrump declares Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and vows to buy a new car from Elon Musk in solidarity 
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 11, 2025
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PoliticsElon Musk claims anti-Tesla protests are being astroturfed by Democratic megadonors George Soros and Reid Hoffman
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 10, 2025
President Trump Announces TSMC Investment
Politics‘Trumpcession’ fears spike after Trump refuses to promise economic growth will continue
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 10, 2025
Tesla director Kimbal Musk speaks onstage at Move Over NFTs.
FinanceAnother Tesla insider is selling shares as carmaker’s CFO joins board chair in unloading stock
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 7, 2025
Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen Group of German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) presents their new electric vehicle "ID. EVERY1" in Duesseldorf, western Germany on March 5.
LeadershipVolkswagen’s ID EVs faltered in the U.S.—now it’s banking on a revived American brand
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 6, 2025
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 20. The annual four-day gathering brings together conservative U.S. lawmakers, international leaders, media personalities and businessmen to discuss and champion conservative ideas.
LeadershipElon Musk’s Tesla targeted by arsonists on both sides of Atlantic in a string of ongoing attacks
By Christiaan HetznerMarch 5, 2025
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