Angela Merkel said about the need of prohibition in the country of cars with traditional internal combustion engines.
The German authorities intend to ban in the country sales of cars with traditional petrol and diesel engines. In an interview with Superillu magazine said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The head of Germany found it difficult to specify the year of abandonment of cars with internal combustion engines. While Merkel said that “the right approach” the initiative of the authorities of France and the UK, who are going to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars after 2040.
However, the Chancellor noted that the country still continuing to produce and sell vehicles with traditional engines, as well as the automotive industry in its current state is one of the most important sectors of the economy. At the moment Germany is the world’s largest exporter of cars and production vehicles involve more than 800 thousand people.
The German government will continue to invest in technology and infrastructure development for cars on alternative sources of energy.
Earlier, the German authorities and the leadership of local brands held a conference in which an agreement was reached to withdraw about 5.3 million diesel vehicles in the country. As part of a service campaign on vehicles will be updated the software of the control unit motor, which will reduce the level of harmful emissions into the environment. In addition, German motorists will be offered a new trade-in program that will allow them to swap diesel cars older than 10 years newer on favorable terms.
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