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04 Dec 2017

Chief car lobbyist Wissman: Those who fight diesel today will fight e-car tomorrow

ADAC Motorwelt / Focus Online

Germany鈥檚 leading lobbyist for the car industry, Matthias Wissmann, says that those opponents of the use of cars who today fight for the condemnation of diesel cars in the wake of the emissions fraud scandal will eventually turn against electric cars as their ultimate goal is to 鈥bring down an entire industry鈥. In an interview with industry magazine ADAC Motorwelt published on Focus Online, Wissmann, who heads the car industry association VDA, says his aim is to 鈥渟afeguard individual mobility鈥, and to bring it into a 鈥渞easonable balance鈥 with economic viability and climate protection. Wissmann says the EU target to reduce CO2 emissions from cars by 30 percent by 2030 is 鈥more than challenging鈥, and could only be achieved if all engine technologies, including diesel, gasoline, natural gas, hybrid, fuel cells, and electric cars are brought into play.

Read the interview in German . 

See the 威力彩玩法 factsheet The debate over an end to combustion engines in Germany for background.

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