Germany: the twilight of the heat engine

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A German heat engine.

© Getty Images / EyeEm / Michal Kin

By: Julien Méchaussie

3 min

The IAA, the largest German international car show, opens its doors this Tuesday in Munich.

An event canceled last year due to the health crisis, with a reduced format and a move from Frankfurt to Munich.

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New clothes in the form of a new start for this juggernaut of the country's economy: more than 10% of the GDP and nearly a fifth of its exports.

A rapidly changing sector with the switch to the electric motor which worries professionals and politicians.

Up to a third of the 613,000 jobs directly or indirectly linked to the production of combustion engine cars could disappear by 2030.

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