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Fully electric cars reach record 8.4 pct of new registrations in Germany

  • November 10, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
Pure electric share of new car registrations in Germany reached 8.4 pct in October as a record number of car buyers opted for EVs.
renault zoe
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“Turning point:” Germany registers more than 20,000 pure electric cars in single month

  • October 6, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
Germany registers more than 20,000 pure electric cars in single month for first time, with another 20,000 plug in hybrid electric cars.
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess at new Golf world premiere in Wolfsburg, 2019. Source: VW
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VW CEO says diesel too cheap for more ambitious clean transport targets

  • September 22, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
VW boss Diess says diesel must become more expensive to allow for faster transition of car industry to comply with climate targets proposed by EU.
traffic in tunnel
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Germany raises tax on high-emission cars, but critics say it’s just cosmetic

  • September 21, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
Germany agrees to reform of motor vehicle tax to take into account CO2 emissions, but critics say it will add little to cost of cars like Porsche 911.
renault zoe
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Electric car registrations climb to record high in Germany, plug-ins at 13.2 pct

  • September 7, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
Sales of new electric and plug in hyrbid vehicles in Germany jump in August, taking their combined share to more than 13 per cent.
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Audi says will continue to “massively” invest in combustion engines

  • July 13, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
Audi CEO Markus Duesmann says combustion engines will be "alive for a very long time".
BMW i8 Roadster
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German electric and plug-in hybrid car sales nearly double in first four months of 2020

  • June 19, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
BMW, Mercedes, and Audi record above-average sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2020 according to report by Center of Automotive Management.
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  • 7 min
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Anxious German carmakers forced to tread ‘arduous’ path to e-mobility in 2020

  • January 15, 2020
  • Soren Amelang
Homegrown auto giants may be put under pressure as German EV revolution shifts into full gear in 2020.
About 50% of the world's EV batteries are currently made by Tesla
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Tesla’s new gigafactory in Berlin seen as “head on attack” on BMW, VW and Daimler

  • November 14, 2019
  • Soren Amelang
Tesla's decision to build new gigafactory near Berlin will speed up Germany's EV uptake, and present direct challenge to BMW, Daimler and VW.
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  • 6 min
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Reluctant Daimler shifts gear in race to sustainable mobility

  • September 2, 2019
  • Soren Amelang
Spooked by the success of former junior partner Tesla, Daimler announced a dramatic shift towards a carbon-neutral mobility future.

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