Dear reader,
Before we talk about the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris in this newsletter, a short excursion into Formula 1. It is exciting this season, the dominance of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (26) is crumbling, as are his nerves. “It’s pretty impressive how we completely botched my race,” complained the Dutchman to his pit box in Hungary last weekend when he only saw the McLaren drivers’ taillights.
Audi also wants to challenge Verstappen for Formula 1 victories together with Sauber from 2026. “Preparations are also in full swing,” said the VW subsidiary. But they have apparently not been promising so far: the heads of the project, Andreas Seidl (48) and Oliver Hoffmann (47), have to go. Former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto (54) takes over. The pit radio in Ingolstadt could hardly sound friendlier than Verstappen’s.
There will hardly be a ceremony when long-time Automotive Works Council Chairman Lorenz Pfau (63) retires from Continental today. The dispute over the reduction of thousands of jobs at the auto supplier escalated, Pfau’s successor Carmen Löffler (52) quit her job after just a few weeks. Insiders say she felt ignored in the austerity negotiations. The package, which Pfau played a key role in negotiating, really stinks for some people. My colleagues Claas Tatje and Michael Freitag did research: The severance payments in a social plan put to the vote today are surprisingly low
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Heads: Britta Seeger ++ Oliver Blume ++ Alexander Pollich ++ Stephan von Schuckmann ++ Pia Aaltonen-Forsell
If you are currently driving on vacation or are about to travel – don’t worry, we won’t rat you out to Anne Hidalgo. If you also drive a combustion engine and not the second MG that was given to you as a gift, you might be interested to know where you can refuel particularly cheaply. My colleague Anna Driftschröer dug into the German gas pump numbers and created a piece with graphics worth seeing. Sneak preview: Measured by their average income It’s the cheapest way to fill up in Hessen in this country.
Number of the week: 45
MG’s “two for one” campaign is the latest cracker in the increasingly tough battle for electric car buyers. The example of Tesla shows what consequences excessive discount battles can have. Company boss Elon Musk (53) has repeatedly fueled the price war for electric cars. With limited success: Tesla’s profit collapsed in the second quarter by a whopping 45 percent a.
Finally: Paris. The traditional motto of the modern Olympic Games is “citius, altius, fortius” (popularly: “faster, higher, further”), but today “being there is everything” is often equated with the Olympic idea. Anyone who plans their route to the competitions with Deutsche Bahn in the spirit of Anne Hidalgo might have the feeling that taking part is expensive. According to the travel portal Travelperk, Paris tickets from Germany are available between July 26th and August 12th 83 percent
more expensive than usual. The railway calls the Travelperk calculations incomprehensible; The main criterion for the level of ticket prices is demand. Whether it’s usury or a pure market mechanism, one thing seems certain: when you hear “faster, higher, further” no one thinks of the railway.
Whether you get fuel cheaply or have an expensive ticket – you’ll get through the week well.
Yours, Christoph Seyerlein
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