“Into a wall”
Welt Online
In the aftermath of Dieselgate, Germany should not make the same mistake with regard to the energy transition by phasing out a technology without having enough alternatives, writes Nikolaus Doll in an opinion piece for Welt Online. This would be counterproductive and lead to more emissions, Doll writes. Pushing diesel motors out of the market would increase sales of CO₂-intensive petrol engines. “With the Energiewende, we drove the German energy companies into a wall. With diesel-bashing and driving bans, we might send the auto industry down the same path,” writes Doll.
Read the opinion piece in German here.
For background read the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.
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