German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer is impatient: The shift towards electro-mobility has to go faster. (picture alliance/Sven Simon/archive)
German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) has urged the German car industry to pick up the pace in the shift towards electro-mobility one year after the so-called "Diesel Summit".
"It will be too late for these products in 2020 or 2022," Scheuer told German newswire dpa.
"We are fostering this development now, and we urgently need German products across all vehicle classes," said Scheuer. "We always do everything 130 percent correct in Germany, but perhaps a 95-percent solution is also ok for once so that we can experience these products without delay."
The changes in mobility have been so fast-paced that only little time remains, he added.
German politicians and the car industry agreed to various measures at their Diesel Summit one year ago. On the one hand, the parties agreed to improve poor air quality in German cities through cleaner diesel emissions. On the other hand, politicians called on managers in the auto industry to bring a "convincing" range of alternative engines and mobility solutions to market maturity.
The awareness for the necessary changes in the car industry has caught on with manufacturers, said Scheuer. "But I'm still impatient," he added. "Things have to go faster."
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