Reading time: 5 minutes Principles help to make our lives clearer. A principle of Ray Dalio says that we learn best from our own mistakes. The bolder we set our…
Essays
Reading time: 7 minutes. After the state election in Brandenburg, Tesla in Berlin-Grünheide and the crisis at Volkswagen were discussed. It was quickly agreed that US billionaires like Elon Musk…
Reading time: 8 minutes Listen to this newsletter as an AI generated podcast conversation: https://automotivelearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SALN48-Good-management-stupid-management.wav An era of prosperity and technical dominance is coming to an end: the German car…
Reading time: 9 minutes Electric vehicles are not emission-free. But the electric vehicle that is at the German dealership is shown as emission-free. But this is not true, because the…
The big AI-Hype Check At this year’s General Assembly of German Influencers (digital trade fair OMR with 70,000 visitors), Pit Philipp Klöckner gave the key speech on the topic par…
Reading time: 19 minutes People’s issues are delicate, private, and multifaceted. However, it is essential to the car business. And even more in retail. It’s also important to be honest…
Reading time: 7 minutes Sales of cars, especially electric vehicles, are crumbling worldwide. High interest rates, energy costs, wage settlements and inflation in Germany are putting pressure on the results…
Reading time: 11 minutes The European car industry is in crisis. European industry results in 2023 were record-breaking (Gemini’s analysis). The crisis rears its ugly head: Mercedes sells the silverware…
Reading time: 10 minutes In the past ten years, the mighty German auto industry has made three big mistakes: Diesel, EV (electric vehicles), and China. However, there are a lot…
Reading time: 12 minutes The Volkswagen Diesel scandal altered my career. In 2015, Volkswagen cheated on pollution testing, according to American environmental officials. A lawsuit was concluded with a guilty…