Thousands of people in Serbia make cables or tires for German cars. The workers say that the work is hard, the pay is bad, and the bosses "only lack whips". But now they can complain about the violation of rights directly in Germany. "Vreme" investigates whether this leads to anything
The strategy of a complete transition to electric cars was personally "buried" by the head of Mercedes, Ola Kelenius, in February of this year
In 2030, Mercedes planned to market exclusively electric cars. The plans have now been corrected. The concern from Stuttgart forecasts a significantly smaller share of e-cars in the total traffic. And a drop in profits
In Mexico, they nationalized lithium, but in that business they want to cooperate with other countries, in Serbia they want to turn it into currency. There is a lot of talk about cooperation with Mercedes, which would make electric cars here, and with Rio Tinto, which would mine the lithium needed for the batteries of those cars.
The West has decided to give up big profits for the sake of some higher goals and face a galloping increase in energy prices, inflation and losses that will significantly affect the living standards of people in North America and the European Union. Russians, who in the last few decades have been getting used to the benefits of the Western consumer society, have been pushed into a life similar to that of the Soviet era. Vladimir Putin was right when he said that Western sanctions against Russia on this scale are equivalent to a declaration of war
