glowing welcome to the show i'm stephen busey in berlin it's good to have you with us oh a new auto giant made its market debut on monday. not exactly unknown it's the fusion of car makers chrysler out of the u.s. and france it's now the world's 4th largest auto company but is the largest for the car industry's electric digital and possibly automated future is a look. still mantissas portfolio includes pleasure opel and sits home all of which are very popular in europe and chrysler has added venerable u.s. brands jeep into the mix. the new transatlantic automaker owns 14 stone mantis is now the world's 4th biggest co maker off to vote track and toyota and the red no nissan mitsubishi alliance. c virus hopes the merger will leverage synergies that will save billions of euros including reducing the many platforms its vehicles around to just a handful by joining forces stand on his hopes to make an easy a shift into electro mobility. analyst 4 counts that the merger could see the closure of underused factories virus is notorious for tough cost cutting measures the official line however is th