“The transition in transportation is coming!“

The automotive industry is headed towards a seminal transition to “emission-free and also autonomously driving” vehicles, writes Baden-Württemberg’s Green state premier Winfried Kretschmann together with his transport minister Winfried Hermann in an opinion piece for Handelsblatt. “We are moving towards a true change of systems” that bears “a great opportunity” for Germany, the authors say. Changing customer preferences will push carmakers to developing new business models that offer the chance to make mobility greener and safer, Kretschmann and Hermann write. They add, however, that this change can be “disruptive” for an economy that still depends on the export of vehicles with combustion engines and urge carmakers and political decision makers to embrace the transition with innovative approaches, flanking regulatory measures and clear legal guidelines. 

Read the article in German (behind paywall) here.

For a closer look on the changes in transportation in Germany see the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.