Merz has previously said he would do all he could to ensure the 2035 deadline was softened. He has now argued it is vital that hybrid cars are allowed to still be made after 2035.
Counteroffer: get bent
As a German I really really really hope other EU countries don‘t give in. This is stupid. Our current government is stupid. Don‘t listen to Germany. We don‘t know what we‘re doing right now.
- ban nuclear plants
- start using coal to make electricity
- push electric cars
- push petrol cars
You are doing fine /s
The nuclear power withdrawal has been completely overblown with the help of Russian propaganda against Germany in an attempt to split the EU. It‘s really renewables that have their triumphal march right now. It‘s the cheapest way of generating energy there is (while nuclear is still the most expensive). They can‘t be stopped even though our ignorant government of millionaires tries. The same politicians who keep ‚alarming‘ us about how we haven‘t fully figured out storage yet keep throwing money at air taxis. Tells you everything you need to know about them.
It’s okay if the car situation in Germany becomes bad. Since Germans can rely on their excellent trains. 😉
Keep investing in backing the obsolete technology
I’d like to apologize to future generations, I did not vote for this bullshit.
Christian Democrats at it again.
*fossil lobby
I seriously doubt there will be much market for petrol and diesel cars in EU after 2035.
Better and cheaper batteries are already ready to go to production, so the declining battery prices are sure to continue for years to come.
Scandinavian countries are already at about 60% market share for EV, I don’t see how that would not be the vast majority for the entirety of EU by 2035 already with current developments.
Selling a small minority of petrol cars by 2035 will not save any car makers.I seriously doubt there will be much market for petrol and diesel cars in EU after 2035.
That’s basically a fact. But you don’t understand the actual goal here. They know that combustion engines are a dead end. They have known for a long time.
But between investing their own money in innovating and transitioning or investing a fraction of that money in buying politicians to keep their failing business alive a few more years and then bribing them some more to give them public money for the neccessary transition because they are too big to fail there is one strategy that optimises their profits.
In fact they do both already. They take public money or get indirect subsidies for developing their EV segment (so they have everything ready when they need to do the switch and which they openly call the future) while at the same time also paying for the propaganda brain-washing people into doubting the viability of EVs. Because every combustion engine (that has zero costs for any active development anymore) they still manage to sell is profit; doubly so when the lack of diesel and petrol forces those people to buy yet another car sooner.
