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Last Wednesday, Luca Angelini, from the pages of Corriere della Sera, posed a rhetorical question to readers on the subject of cars: “what if the reason for the slump in sales is simply that they cost too much?” It would be all too convenient to fall into the demagogic temptation of putting the reasons for […]

Andrea Stroppa, shareholder of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and xAI, considered to be ‘Musk’s man’ in Italy, issues a warning about the European car industry. According to him, the crisis does not stem from electric motors but from production methods:‘The crisis of cars in Europe does not stem from electric motors, but from how they are […]

Fabio Panetta, Governor of the Bank of Italy, turned the spotlight on one of the most controversial and ambitious issues for the future of the European Union: the introduction of Eurobonds. In a context marked by energy crises, ecological transition and the need for economic revival, Panetta called for overcoming the old rules of the […]

The crisis that the automotive sector is going through is not limited to the energy transition to electric or the growing concern about climate change. It is a sign of a deeper change, an epochal transition involving cultural, social and philosophical priorities. The car, symbol of 20th century modernity, is losing centrality in a society […]

Carlos Tavares announced his resignation as CEO of Stellantis on 1 December 2024, ending a leadership that left behind more shadows than lights. Initially celebrated as a visionary leader, his management proved to be an amalgam of short-sighted strategies, internal conflicts and an inability to adapt to the dynamics of a rapidly changing automotive market. […]

With European duties on Chinese electric cars coming into force, the European car market faces a new era of trade tensions. The European Commission has imposed anti-dumping duties of up to 35% to defend local manufacturers against the wave of cheap Chinese electric vehicles, which are accused of benefiting from unfair state subsidies. In response, […]

Angela Merkel, a central figure in European politics for more than a decade, is back in the news with her memoir, entitled ‘Freedom’, out today in thirty countries. In the book, the former German Chancellor addresses one of the most controversial issues in German economic policy: the so-called debt brake, a constitutional provision introduced during […]

On 28 October, the FBI (in cooperation with law enforcement agencies in Europe, the UK, and Australia) conducted Operation Magnus, seizing servers and acquiring the source code of the infamous infostealer RedLine, an example of MaaS (Malware-as-a-Service) active since 2020, which has compromised millions of users worldwide by stealing sensitive data such as credit card […]