“Unlike a hybrid car, which is fueled by gasoline and uses a battery and motor to improve efficiency, an electric car is powered exclusively by electricity.” Germany has already produced some electric cars, such as this BMW, but is lagging behind other countries in developing the technology. Angela Merkel has announced plans to drive up the number of electric cars from 20.000 to one million by 2020 and six million by 2030. She said that Germany must be a "market leader" in the new technology. The government would spend for it two billion Euros by 2013. It’s a nice plan but where will the money come from, and what will be the reactions of large car manufacturers. But she has ruled out subsidizing sales of electric cars, which still retail for a significantly higher price than conventional cars. "A premium to buy isn't the right answer," the chancellor said. Propulsive conceptions: “Cars emitting less than 50 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer will be exempt from the road tax for ten years, and electric cars will be granted use bus lanes and some free parking. Taxes on company vehicles will be reformed to encourage using electric cars, and the government itself plans to power 10 percent of its vehicles with electricity.” But to tell the truth Germany is behind with developing this new technology. And who is the market leader, of course China. Merkel herself admitted that it would "not be easy" for Germany to become a market leader in electric car technology. And Willi Diez, head of the Automobile Marketing Research Institute, told the Handelsblatt: "We must make sure that expertise remains based in Germany." I believe in German cars, tally-ho!
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,763049,00.html
http://www.hybridcars.com/electric-car
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