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  • electric vehicles.automotiveIT
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    Point of view: Germany's futile attempt to get EV sales going

    2016-06-05T18:07:19Z

    Hilmar Dunker (Photo: Claus Dick)The German government is sticking to its goal to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2020. But a study by Brunswick University in northern Germany finds that a recently announced 5,000 euro subsidy for private car buyers won't do enough to bring ...

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    Point of view: Germany slow to move into digital traffic age

    2014-06-13T13:27:29Z

    Germany is moving too slowly when it comes to adapting its economy to the digital age.The country's Ministry for Traffic and Digital Infrastructure writes on its homepage: "The digitalization of all areas of our lives and the economy is moving at breathtaking speed. We need to use the opportunities for ...