Against this backdrop, the German government has reportedly decided to push for further changes in Brussels. According to Automobilwoche, these include:
- Less stringent requirements for plug-in hybrids
- Permitted excess emissions after 2035 do not need to be fully offset
- Vehicles powered exclusively by e-fuels should be ‘immediately’ classified as zero-emission vehicles
- CO₂ interim targets before 2035 should be made more flexible
- The German government rejects the planned supercredits for electric vehicles under 4.20 metres in length
- The government also rejects the proposed regulation for corporate fleets
What the actual fuck? Volkswagen makes the best e-cars currently and is the best seller in Germany. Meamwhile, ICE vehicles make us extremely dependent on foreign raw materials (as we are seeing now). What is the rationale behind this? I really can’t see it!
Can we somehow switch the amount of power Germany and Spain hold in EU?
Germany is truly the husk of its old self now.
Germany always sucked. Before fighting electric cars they were pushing EU to get addicted to Russian gas and shutting down nuclear power plants. Before that they were split in two countries and one wasn’t that great. And before that…
Well the east had great public transport, cheap rents and free healthcare.
So embarrassed for our government. Doing everything to make sure our industry does not have any future for a more month of profits.
Ape brain Autobahn mentality. Thank you (Sch)Merz.
How about fixing the disastrous German train network?
But which industry lobbyists would pay them then?
Bribe money from Deutsche Bahn was on its way to Berlin, but the train was cancelled due to a technical issue.
May be it was due to quantum improbability
don’t listen to our chancellor. he isn’t fit for leading a country anyway. he should go lick some eggs.
Then, they’ll just sob and cry for bailouts when people ultimately switch to cheaper chinese EVs after being shafted for the upteenth time by gas price hikes.
No, they’ll do tariffs. This is how ‘the West’ will decline into irrelevance.
nope nope. no need. what we need instead is to have incentives for car users to convert to European-made electric cars or to bikes and public transit!
at most, we need to support European car companies to stay up (to avoid the US ones overflooding the market, since those are often not compliant with EU rules). that can be done by incentivising them to go electric/hydrogen, or even solar.
Give them a millimetre, they take a kilometre.
Vehicles powered exclusively by e-fuels should be ‘immediately’ classified as zero-emission vehicles
Vehicles powered exclusively by carbon fuels should be ‘immediately’ classified as zero-emission vehicles
FTFY
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