Momentum and Talent in Germany’s Auto and Energy Industries
Nothing breeds complacency like unchallenged dominance in a particular activity. Just ask the German national football (soccer) team. Like this year’s World Cup squad, the German auto and energy industries have been spoiled by success in the past, and thus revered by the government and the public alike. Fundamental transformations in the rules of the game are forcing Germany’s football, auto and energy industries toward new creativity and competitiveness. With newfound momentum, things are looking up for the next rounds.
- 20/09/2018
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Passionate, Fact-Driven, Optimistic: Young Climate Leaders Give Reason for Hope
When faced with daily doses of tragedy – volcanoes, heat waves, wildfires, school shootings, corrupt international political networks, and the consequences of extremism – it is too easy to ignore the longer-term good news. For one, long-term trends are not as bad as they seem. For another, a new generation of leaders gives reason for hope. Generations Y and Z are spawning torch-bearers with compassion and conviction, driven by purpose, facts, and optimism.
- 12/08/2018
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Real Car Companies Must Stop Investing in the Past
On July 1st, Elon Musk declared Tesla to be a “real car company”, after overcoming “production hell”* and hitting ambitious targets for its new Model 3. But what makes a “real” car-company? And is it still aspirational?
- 30/07/2018
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Build more Runways, Electric Aircraft are Coming
Last month, merely 28 years after the UK government first agreed to expand capacity in the South-East of England, Theresa May’s cabinet approved building a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport, London-Heathrow, by 2026. The backlash is as predictable as the anti-air travel activism is repetitive. Undoubtedly, blockades will re-emerge until another government takes the reins from the current, and another round of consultations (and consultants) again comes to the same conclusion: air travel is beneficial to a country’s economy and society. Having sufficient capacity is not a question of “if”, just of “where”.
- 29/07/2018
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End Subsidies for Parking Before They Kill Us
Parking subsidies – for city residents and for visitors – adversely impact a city’s air pollution, the health and quality of life of its residents, as well as its economy. They must end.
- 23/05/2018
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