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Germany puts plan to boost sale of electric company cars on ice
2015-03-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's federal government has shelved a plan to boost electric car sales via corporate tax breaks because it could not secure the consent of state governments whose coffers stood to lose revenue, officials said on Monday. The Berlin government of conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to have 1 million electric cars on German roads by 2020, but some critics say the goal looks unrealistic. In December, the cabinet agreed plans to reduce annual CO2 emissions by up to 78 million tonnes by...
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