SPD deputy chairman calls for alliance between car industry and the state
Tagesspiegel
SPD deputy chairman Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel has called for close cooperation between carmakers and the state to protect jobs as the sector shifts away from fossil fuels, Stephan Haselberger reports for Tagesspiegel. “We have to ensure that e-cars are fully ‘Made in Germany'" – including battery cells, Schäfer-Gümbel told the newspaper. The government and industry must stop passing responsibility for the transition to electric mobility back and forth between them, he argues.
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For background, read the CLEW dossiers The Energiewende and German carmakers and The energy transition's effect on jobs and business.
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