Jill Petzinger is the Germany Correspondent for Yahoo Finance UK, based in Berlin. She covered German politics and business from Germany for Quartz for the past three years and, before that, was an editor at Handelsblatt and worked at Spiegel International in Berlin.
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E-bikes are the mobility stars of 2020
Pandemic has led to an unlikely surge in popularity of e-bikes as a great way to get about independently and away from the crowds.
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COVID-19 wrecked havoc in the car industry in 2020 — but electric vehicles got a boost
"Greta and Elon did more for EVs than carmakers’ many TV adverts.”
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UK approval of world’s first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine sparks hope of a drug revolution
Pioneering scientists and co-founders of BioNTech hail development of breakthrough vaccine at 'lightspeed'.
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Volkswagen postpones decision on CEO's demands
Herbert Diess wants an extension to his contract, which runs out in 2023.
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Elon Musk in Berlin talks hostile takeovers, colonising Mars — and why people need to have more kids
Tesla CEO says people will land on Mars in six years.
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UK approves BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for use 'from next week'
UK is first Western country to authorise a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Pfizer and BioNTech submit COVID-19 vaccine for EU emergency approval
The companies filed for UK authorisation in November.
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Coronavirus crisis threatens survival of 15% of German companies
Second German lockdown hammers gastronomy, tourism and leisure sectors.
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Coronavirus: Germans to get €600 tax rebate for home-office costs
Germans could get reimbursed for the extra costs of working from home
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German election 2021: The men who would be Merkel
Three men are lined up to vie for leadership of the Christian Democratic Union.
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Moderna filing for EU and US emergency approval of its COVID-19 vaccine
Moderna's FDA application comes a week after BioNtech-Pfizer.
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Gazprom to restart work on controversial Russian-German gas pipeline
Nord Stream 2 pipeline is just 74 miles from its end point in Germany.
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COVID-19: Surge in furloughs among German firms as lockdown extends
The proportion of companies that have put their staff on short-time hours rose to 28% in November.
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Elon Musk plans ‘world’s biggest battery factory’ at Tesla plant near Berlin
Tesla CEO wants to build battery plant on same site as his Brandenburg Gigafactory.
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Carmaker Opel offers plants for COVID-19 vaccination centres in Germany
German states prepare to convert large halls into vaccination centres.
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UK car industry warns of £55bn blow from 'no-deal' Brexit
WTO tariffs would devastate the UK car industry.
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EU signs deal for 160 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
The EU is buying vaccines on behalf of 27 member states.
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Coronavirus: Germany to extend semi-lockdown until 20 December
'Lockdown light' to be extended as infection rates remain too high.
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Grim mood grips German managers during November's partial lockdown
Prospect of restrictions until Xmas denting business morale.
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German blue-chip DAX expands and tightens rules
Blue-chip index to increase to 40 members next year.