“We need a quota for electric cars”
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks has suggested a quota for e-cars might be needed to kick-start e-mobility. “I do not expect a sweeping ban on combustion engines. But it’s well possible that we will need a quota for e-cars to manage a smooth transition,” Hendricks told Stuttgarter Zeitung. “A quota would finally force the carmakers to offer models affordable to average earners.”
Despite the introduction of a buyer’s bonus, sales of e-cars remain sluggish in Germany.
Read the interview in German here.
For background, read the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.
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