There will be an increase of production for the next 20 to 25 years. Only after that may we face a decline.

There are people who maintain that ... an oil peak will be forthcoming soon. I don't believe it.

I am confident that China will continue its prudent and cautious exchange-rate-policy,

[Not everyone is optimistic about hybrids.] Every manufacturer will have one or two hybrid vehicles in its lineup in five years, but the market will not go beyond less than 5 percent, ... But the real challenge is to reduce the fuel consumption of the standard engine. Hybrid is not a substitute for that.

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so,

His voice will be missed in the future.