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Frankfurt 2009: German goverment plugs in for EVs

Before the Frankfurt Motor Show brought us the latest models and concepts from automakers, it was opened by German Chancelor Angela Merkel. The inauguration speech by the Chancellor included describing her country's support for electric vehicles: Germany expects that there will be up to seven million EVs, including plug-ins, and about 18 million hybrid cars in 2020. These figures would account for a third of the expected cars on German roads at that time. Merkel's speech divided the expansion of EVs into three phases. The first one, from 2012 ... Read more →

BMW, Daimler and Porsche win "Worst EU Lobbying Award"

German car manufacturers BMW, Daimler and Porsche have won quite an unsympathetic award: Worst European Lobbyists of the year, right after the German Atomic Energy Forum. These automakers' campaign ...

Frankfurt 2009: German goverment plugs in for EVs 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Before the Frankfurt Motor Show brought us the latest models and concepts from automakers, it was opened by German Chancelor Angela Merkel. The inauguration speech by the Chancellor included describing her country's support for electric vehicles: Germany expects that there will be up to seven ...

BMW, Daimler and Porsche win "Worst EU Lobbying Award" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

German car manufacturers BMW, Daimler and Porsche have won quite an unsympathetic award: Worst European Lobbyists of the year, right after the German Atomic Energy Forum. These automakers' campaign was awarded "excellent" (say it in a high-irony voice) to press for "the delay and dilution" of the ...



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