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World Service,06 Sep 2021,23 mins

The motor show returns to Munich

World Business Report

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Europe's largest motor show, the IAA Mobility, gets underway in Germany this week. The BBC's Theo Leggett takes us through how and why the show has changed and we look at the challenges facing the car industry since the pandemic with Ram Chandrasekaran, Head of Road Transportation, at Wood Mckenzie. Gavin Kelly, the Chief Executive of South Africa's Road Freight Association, talks to us about why pop- up vaccination centres for truckers are being launched there to persuade more uptake of the Covid jab and we hear from Michael Hughes about the economic health of Japan as the country's leader steps down. We also talk beer and tradition with Rupert Thompson of Hogs Back Brewery in Farnham, Southern England. (Image: Volkswagen Passenger Cars CEO Ralf Brandstatter with VW ID, Munich Motor Show IAA Mobility; Image Credit: Reuters)

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