German government expands subsidies for electric cars
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Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#2> The German government and car industry have agreed to increase joint subsidies for the purchase of electric cars on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle.
The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable. Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, now after all that they let the taxpayer fund their infrastructure. I bet their solution won't be compatible with Tesla.
Edit: Okay, charging system seems to be compatible, I got angry over the first part.
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
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They give u 4k on a 32k car, but they wont give it to a 4k car from china
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#4> The German government and car industry have agreed to increase joint subsidies for the purchase of electric cars on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle. The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable. Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, now after all that they let the taxpayer fund their infrastructure. I bet their solution…
What do you mean by "fucks over"? People want to reduce CO2, they want a greener Germany, a greener world and more importantly reach the climate agreement. Subsidizing electric cars is one step towards it.
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#5> The German government and car industry have agreed to increase joint subsidies for the purchase of electric cars on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle. The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable. Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, now after all that they let the taxpayer fund their infrastructure. I bet their solution…
Why not? There are standardized ways to charge your car.
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#6> The German government and car industry have agreed to increase joint subsidies for the purchase of electric cars on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle. The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable. Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, now after all that they let the taxpayer fund their infrastructure. I bet their solution…
Or as someone else put it: "If you want to understand German politics, you have to know that the German government is the political arm of the German car industry"
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#7> The German government and car industry have agreed to increase joint subsidies for the purchase of electric cars on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle. The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable. Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, now after all that they let the taxpayer fund their infrastructure. I bet their solution…
> I bet their solution won't be compatible with Tesla.
It's a standard charger system that I've seen all kinds of cars (incl. Teslas) connected to. Also: Renaults, VWs, BMWs, Mitsubishis.
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#8:( They give u 4k on a 32k car, but they wont give it to a 4k car from china
That 4k chineese car is more of a burden than a gift. For once, I agree with the government subsidies.
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#9:( They give u 4k on a 32k car, but they wont give it to a 4k car from china
Are the Chinese EV golf carts I mean cars allowed in Germany? I thought their safety requirements were pretty tight. I can’t imagine some of them making it on the autobahn.
Re: German government expands subsidies for electric cars
#10> The German government and car industry have agreed to increase joint subsidies for the purchase of electric cars on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle. The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable. Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany, now after all that they let the taxpayer fund their infrastructure. I bet their solution…
>> on the same day automobile giant Volkswagen began production of a new all-electric vehicle.
> The way that company fucks Germany over and over is truly remarkable.
Their political reach certainly is remarkable. I quipped that there will be legal roadblocks for autonomous cars in Germany that "magically" disappear each time a German car maker solves the technical issues that prevents them from going to market with it now.
> Paid no penalties for the whole Dieselgate in Germany
Some of that is blatant protectionism (which applies even when banks defraud the federal government by scheming to recoup taxes they never paid: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/14/cum-ex-german-tax-case-could...), but the other part of no-to-low penalties in Germany compared to certain other countries is due to differences in the legal systems.
Germany first had to establish a process for something akin to class action lawsuits, because that didn't exist here. That was done in response to the Dieselgate thing.
Even with that in place, you won't see the huge sums in Germany that you see in the US as punitive damages (doubling or tripling the value "because") don't exist, either (with no intent to change that): There's potentially a legal penalty and there's damages - for which actual damage needs to be proven.