Merkel considers it: the Rates above 14 billion on cleaner air

Signs with a red ring and the text 'Diesel bis Euro 5' or 'Euro V' is spreading in Germany.

the 65 cities are struggling with high pollution, and it is pushing more and more to go forbudsvejen and send dieselbilerne at the gate. One way, the German government wants to avoid sending the big German bilnation down - and, therefore, doubles the you now, its support for alternative, green solutions.

to have earmarked 1 billion. euro (7,5 billion. dollars) to the case, has now raised the amount to eur 1.5 billion. euro (11,2 billion. dollars) and additional allocation of 432 million. euro (€3.2 billion. dollars) to equip older dieselvarebiler with a better exhaust system.

This writes Automotive News Europe.

It corresponds to, to all 82 million. German citizens have to pay 174 dollars to remedy the pollution. For comparison, in the recently compound Danish financial bill set aside 260 million. dollars to initiatives, which strengthens the environment, climate and nature'. It is the equivalent to 45 dollars per. person when it is allocated out of the total Danish population.

part of the ekstraregningen to the taxpayer goes to the new exhaust system. Three years after the dieselskandalen it is still a sore point, and it is not more than a couple of weeks ago, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, asked the three big German automakers Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW about to strike a blow for the good initiative.

She wanted them to cover the costs for the improvement of the exhaust system in the cars hit by the skandalesagen, but only Daimler and Volkswagen is so far gone on the idea. And although, according to the Automotive News will pay around 22.400 dkk pr. car, release the government not to spit in the box.

The first earmarked a billion are allowed to work up to 2020, where the pot is increased to 1.5 billion. euro. According to Teknikens värld theme park the money should among other things be used to buy electric buses in the forureningsplagede cities.

The last 432 million. euro have started to work with the same. The ministry of transport will already before the new year have the new guidelines ready for how udstødningssystemerne need to be updated, and then expect the ministry, that it will take around six months to develop the systems.

The German wager does not stop here. To over eur 14,4 billion. crowns to green solutions, and new exhaust system, the government has also recently earmarked 7,5 billion. crowns to support the production of battery cells in Europe. It writes Reuters.

today, are the batteries good enough overall in Germany, but the innards are retrieved in Asia, where you have an almost monopoly on the market. In line with the German auto industry switch to electric cars, becomes, thus, also increasingly dependent on Asia.

It is this dependence, the German government will want to take in the bud, and the ambition is relatively high: 30 percent of all cells must come from Germany and the rest of Europe in 2030.

Critics point, however, according to the news that it may already be too late to start a european batterieventyr. The asian companies are producing apparently already plenty to meet the demand.

nevertheless, the money can be very good given out, if it is successful. It is estimated that the market for elbilbatterier is 250 billion. euro worth in 2025.