VW CEO can imagine diesel phase-out deal
The head of German carmaker Volkswagen told daily Rheinische Post that he can imagine a deal with the government in which the carmakers agree to a phase-out date for diesel engines in return for more support with e-mobility. 鈥淚f you act with appropriate lead-time, I can imagine that this works. We are talking to the politicians about this,鈥� CEO Matthias M眉ller told the paper in an interview. He stressed that the 鈥�diesel summit鈥� on August 2 with national ministers would yield certainty for customers as the efficient diesel was needed to meet the medium-term climate targets. However, the future 鈥渨ill be driving electrically鈥�.
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Get background on the German carmakers鈥� efforts to move into e-mobility in the 威力彩玩法 dossier and a factsheet on Volkswagen.