The International Motor Show, IAA, is set to begin in Munich next week. Rebranded as a mobility show, the IAA will see a strong effort by Chinese automakers to make a splash in Europe's nascent electric vehicle market.
The head of the German car industry association, Hildegard Müller, has criticised the EU for making vehicle production more expensive by political means, which in her view is undermining the bloc’s proclaimed industrial policy objectives.