Germany is in panic over Chinese companies taking over its markets at home, abroad and in China. Having spent quite some time in China in the 2010s, I can’t help but thinking back to the arrogance and quite frankly racism of German expat businesses people. Chinese engineers with Ivy League degrees speaking fluent English and German looked down upon by German engineers with a degree from some German university, unimpressive English and less than two sentences of Chinese. The Germans didn’t see it coming because they couldn’t imagine Chinese people becoming better at what they are doing than themselves. An industry insider told me at the time how keen Chinese entrepreneurs were to collaborate with German car companies on EV development. But all the Germans worried about was they are going to steal our IP. Well, here we are.

Germany's Chancellor Merz: The AfD wants to take the Federal Republic of Germany back to the time before Adenauer. I will not take this Federal Republic of Germany back to the time before Adenauer. There will be no form of cooperation with the AfD. Worlds separate us.

Germany has lost it. Back in November 2024, a teen in Germany posted "olaf scholz du bastard was soll diese scheiße" ("olaf scholz you bastard what the hell is this shit") while staring at a Fortnite update sitting at 3%, downloading a 37.9 GB patch at roughly 173 KB/s. At that rate the install would have taken over 60 hours. The only had 503 views. Three months later, on February 11, 2025, German police sent him a Schriftliche Äußerung als Beschuldigter, the formal "written statement as the accused" notice. The charge: §188 StGB, insulting a person of political life. A year on he posted the police letter with the caption "Happy anniversary to the funniest thing that ever happened to me." Per his own follow-ups, the matter ended without major consequences, though no formal outcome of the proceedings has been made public. The original tweet seems deleted.

Germany’s Wiesel is a small, fast armored vehicle built for airborne forces, now evolving with digital systems and autonomy to operate as a robotic scout and flexible battlefield platform.

Germany's answer to charging an electric ferry? The parked EVs already sitting at the dock. This V2G pilot could change how renewable energy gets stored and distributed. #V2G# #ElectricFerry# #GreenMobility#

Germany reported 3,149 Tesla sales and 1.3% market share in April. BEV penetration is 25.8% and Tesla has 4.9% of this segment. 🇩🇪 • +256% vs. April last year and +142% compared to January the first month of the previous quarter • Best April ever • Highest first month of the quarter since 24Q1 (9 quarters) • Last three months +188.0% vs. November - January • Year-to-date +175% over same period last year • Year-to-date is 82% or 9.9/12 of last year's total