German Chancellor Merkel justifies car-scrapping scheme
At the Frankfurt Auto Show last Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a speech which defended her government’s car-scrapping scheme.
The German government has a program where it pays extra benefits to those who trade in cars at least nine-years-old for new ones. Merkel said that about two million Germans received 2,500 euros as bonus after they availed of the scheme.
The scheme helped sustain Germany’s economy through difficult times last year, as part of the government’s plan to put more fuel-cost effective cars on the road that are less harmful to the environment.
The Frankfurt Auto Show is an exhibition of the green technology that Germany is strongly promoting, with the display of electric and hybrid cars.
[via businessweek.com]
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majority of people (95%) drive less than 100/km a day, 82% of the respondents said they drive 40 miles or less a day,
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