On cue, and following earlier reports that the government was considering the creation of a joint fund with auto manufacturers to finance diesel car retrofits so as to lower emissions, Germany’s Transport Minister has denied that any such actions had been considered.
The Economy Minister of the current administration in Germany, Peter Altmaier, was recently quoted as saying that the government there was ready to begin offering support for regional plug-in electric vehicle battery manufacturing, it has been reported.
The government of Germany is now considering the creation of a new joint-fund with the country’s auto manufacturers as a means of funding the retrofit of diesel cars in the country so as to reduce emissions.
Global renewable energy generation increased by 167 gigawatts (GW) in 2017 to push the planet’s cumulative renewable energy capacity to 2,179 GW, according to new data published last week by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Enthusiasm for the fully electric future of mobility was one of the core elements of the rEVolution conference in Amsterdam on March 13. More than this: It was sort of like a little Woodstock for e-mobility. Yeaaaah! Great music, thundering sound, and the two hosts, Monica Araya and CleanTechnica Director Zachary Shahan, entering the stage like pop stars for their picturesque welcome.
Following the recent ruling by a court in Germany that cities there have the right to ban diesel cars as a means of improving air quality, the share of the country’s total auto market held by diesel cars has been falling sharply.
The exec in charge of Ford’s business in Germany, Gunnar Herrmann, stated in a recent interview that the company could begin manufacturing plug-in electric vehicles in the country sometime in or after 2023.
As a method of perhaps trying to stop diesel car sales in the country from dropping, Volkswagen has unveiled a new program in its home market that will offer customers the option of replacing a purchased diesel car with a replacement if diesel car restrictions or bans go into effect and they are affected.
Speaking in a recent interview, the new finance minister of Germany was quoted as saying that everything possible must be done to avoid the imposition of diesel car bans in the country’s cities.
In December 2017, the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Controls (BAFA) removed Tesla’s electric vehicles from a list of models eligible for the country’s relevant purchase incentives. The reason for the removal of Tesla’s offerings was the allegation that the base version of the Model S couldn’t actually be purchased in the country — and thus that the company wasn’t offering a Model S below the €60,000 (~$74,000) price limit of the electric vehicle (EV) incentives program.
