BERLIN/STUTTGART (dpa-AFX) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and representatives of the auto industry plan to meet next week for a top-level meeting. Among others, Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius will take part in the talks on Tuesday at the Chancellor's Office, a company spokesman said. Topics to be discussed include climate protection and electrification, autonomous driving and the resilience of supply chains, he said. Earlier, "Der Spiegel" and "Handelsblatt" had reported. The chancellor's office would not comment on Wednesday.

According to the media reports, the heads of VW and BMW - Oliver Blume and Oliver Zipse - are also expected to attend the meeting. In addition, representatives of suppliers or also IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann would come. Several federal ministers are also expected to attend. The talks are not to be dubbed a "car summit", as former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had regularly held them. It was officially a "first top-level meeting of the strategy platform of the automotive and mobility industry."/dhu/DP/ngu