Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe told BI it's good that someone like Elon Musk, who understands EVs, is close to President Donald Trump.

Buoyed by the endorsement of Elon Musk and enjoying new highs in the polls ahead of elections ... Storch said on the sidelines of a party conference in the eastern town of Riesa on Sunday. Herbert Kickl's FPOe had emerged as the largest party at elections ...

Elon Musk had sharp words for a private-sector partnership touted this week by the Trump administration to hasten the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure. “They don’t actually have the money,” Musk said of two of the participants in the $500 billion initiative, OpenAI and SoftBank, on his social media site X.

Elon Musk has a history of involving himself, often controversially, in crises. In recent years, the billionaire has promised to fund fixes to contaminated water at homes in Flint, Michigan, developed a submarine to rescue trapped children from a submerged cave in Thailand (it wasn't used) and experimented with building ventilators for COVID-19 patients during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak.

Members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have refused to include a provision condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine in their electoral programme on January 12, during a party congress in the city of Riesa.

Trade union announces transport warning strikes in Berlin, Elon Musk's portrait removed from Munich's Deutsches Museum, Scholz raises questions about Afghan knife attacker, and more news from around Germany on Thursday.

Last September, the AfD became Germany’s first far-right party in post-World War II history to win a state election outright, in the eastern region of Thuringia. Bjoern Hoecke, the state’s party leader, has been repeatedly accused of historical revisionism and convicted of using a Nazi slogan at election rallies.

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The world’s richest man set out on a quest to boost the European powerhouse’s far-right opposition.

The automaker saw sales of its EVs drop 13% in the European Union in 2024, and is facing growing pressure as rivals launch a wave of cheaper EVs.

Musk then slapped his chest with his right hand, before flinging it diagonally upwards, palm face down. He turned around to audience members behind the podium, and repeated the gesture. “My heart goes out to you,