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It is still unclear if so-called 鈥渆nvironmental bonuses鈥� offered by German car manufacturers to customers switching away from an old diesel car would actually help protect the environment, writes Martin Gropp in an opinion piece for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. If customers used the high bonus to hand in their small passenger car and exchanged it for a much larger one, the fuel usage and emissions balance was not necessarily positive, writes Gropp. 鈥淭he individual case will decide if the environmental bonus actually helps the environment.鈥�

Read the opinion piece in German .

Find background material on the carmakers鈥� fight for the top-spot in e-mobility in the dossier, and more on the diesel summit鈥檚 outcome in the 威力彩玩法 article German carmakers pledge diesel software updates and buyer鈥檚 bonus.

Germany did 鈥渁 fantastic job鈥� working for climate protection at the G20 summit in Hamburg in July, said former US Vice President Al Gore in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD. 鈥淚 admire Germany鈥檚 leadership,鈥� said Gore. 鈥淐hancellor [Angela] Merkel raised a powerful voice for climate protection.鈥� He said Germany, like all countries, was in a transition period, and every part of Europe had to do better. But he added that high levels of renewable energy, new models of electric cars and improved batteries showed they were on the right path. He was in Germany promoting his new film 鈥淎n Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power鈥�.

Watch the video of the interview (in German) .

For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier G20 2017 - Climate and energy at the Hamburg summit.

German car suppliers which are largely still 鈥渇irmly rooted in traditional car manufacturing鈥� must quickly adapt to the electrification of transport and be willing to cooperate with competitors, or they will 鈥渇all by the wayside鈥�, according to an analysis by consultancy Oliver Wyman. 鈥淲ith the increasing success of electric vehicles, value creation will shift to emerging countries鈥� like China, said August Joas, head of the global automotive team at Oliver Wyman, in a press release. The German domestic market was only slowly developing, because the federal government showed consideration for the German traditional car industry in law making.

Read the press release in German .

Find background in the 威力彩玩法 dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.

German utility Uniper鈥檚 CEO Klaus Sch盲fer does not see 鈥渢he advantages of a big consolidation in the market鈥� for his company, he said in a telephone conference when presenting first half year results, writes Helmut B眉nder for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Uniper did not only 鈥渇eel very comfortable in our autonomy, but also strong enough to independently face competition鈥�, said Sch盲fer.

For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier Utilities and the energy transition.