{"id":4936,"date":"2026-05-11T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:48:58","slug":"charged-up-europe-china-the-battery-race-thats-reshaping-geography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/charged-up-europe-china-the-battery-race-thats-reshaping-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Charged Up: Europe, China &amp; the Battery Race That&#8217;s Reshaping Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Julian Schwabe (Marburg) joins The RegInno Podcast\u00a0to discuss how the electric vehicle revolution is rewriting global production networks \u2014 from Shenzhen&#8217;s battery clusters to Wolfsburg&#8217;s anxious boardrooms \u2014 and what it means for Europe&#8217;s regions, jobs, and industrial future.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>Optional links (e.g. website):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find Julian Schwabe on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-julian-schwabe?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Aorganization_admin_admin_page_posts_published%3B0bd60556-64d6-43d5-93ce-eec5ef818e9f\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=LOyaGnsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar\u00a0<\/a>and the website of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/de\/fb19\/fachbereich\/staff\/dr-julian-schwabe\">University of Marburg<\/a>, where he is also the Head of the Department.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/centre-for-innovation-research\/\">Centre for Innovation Research<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/category\/reginno\/\">RegInno Podcast<\/a>\u00a0for other episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0319_0902_MASTER.pdf\">Episode transcription<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6181\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0319_0902_MASTER.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0319_0902_MASTER.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0319_0902_MASTER.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0319_0902_MASTER.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/nettop.guru\/wordpress\/?powerpress_pinw=4936-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/erasmus_enfermera_espaola\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/podcast.uis.no\/media\/SIF\/2026_0319_0902_MASTER.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026_0319_0902_MASTER.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 45:50 &#8212; 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