“Daimler CEO Zetsche wants to prevent end to petrol cars”

Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has rejected calls to end new registrations for petrol or diesel cars from 2030, reports Birgit Nicolai in die Welt. Shortly before his speech at the Green party conference, Zetsche said Germany did not need sanctions and insisted customers should not be told what to buy. “Seventy-five percent of new cars will be equipped with a combustion engine in 2025 and we will continue to invest into improving these engines,” said Zetsche.

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