Transport minister calls on auto industry to accelerate move to e-mobility

Three years after the uncovery the diesel scandal, transport minister Andreas Scheuer is pushing carmakers to more rapidly advance the transition to electric mobility, according to a dpa article carried by Berliner Morgenpost. At the “diesel summit” last year, policymakers had called on auto industry executives to bring a “compelling” range of alternative powertrains and mobility solutions to market, the article says. “Nevertheless, I’m impatient,” Scheuer said. “2020 or 2022 is too late for the products. We are providing support now and urgently need German products across all vehicle classes.”

Read the article in German here.

For background, read the article Germany's car-loving transport minister faces clean mobility challenge, the dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers and the factsheet “Dieselgate” – a timeline of Germany’s car emissions fraud scandal.