German finance minister wants to extend electric car incentives

FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Olaf Scholz addresses a news conference to present the budget plans for 2019 and the upcoming years in Berlin, Germany March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Germany is trying to boost electric car sales in response to a diesel emissions cheating scandal that has engulfed the auto industry in the last three years. “We must accompany that with an expansion of the charging infrastructure and with tax measures,” he told the newspaper in the article published on Wednesday.

Burning more coal to generate the extra electricity? Very green.

SURE .The people with NO CARS pay for it.

Smart move, the more countries that embrace alternative transportation models the better.

Based on amazing emissions results?

More nuclear plants to create electricity.Idiots...

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