Germany's International Motor Show has opened in Munich.
It is the first motor show in Europe since the start of the pandemic.
Organisers lost billions of dollars in cancelled events - but Chancellor Angela Merkel told motor workers the industry's recovery is in sight.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports.

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