“Performance angst is putting eco-conscious Germany off electric cars”
Quartz
The German attachment to “gas-guzzling autos” is part of the reason for the country’s sustained high CO2 emissions, Jill Petzinger writes on website Quartz. According to transport expert Gregor Kolbe, “RIP”, a combination of range, infrastructure and price, is responsible for the Germans’ reluctance to switch to e-cars, Petzinger writes. Another reason is that German carmakers’ combustion engines are simply too successful to provide impetus for change, Kolbe adds.
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