It is important that climate-friendly energies are also used in the construction of electric vehicles.
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Paris At the Paris Motor Show last October, the newcomers from China were looking for the big stage: while many established car manufacturers stayed away from the fair, Chinese electric car manufacturers such as BYD and Great Wall Motors presented their models in the French capital.
Emmanuel Macron was already concerned back then: “We have to wake up,” warned the French President. The European Union, “the most virtuous region when it comes to climate protection,” must give preference to its own auto industry. After all, the US and the Chinese would do the same. A “Buy European Act” is needed.
Electric cars: Berlin does not participate
But the European partners did not take up the demand, and Berlin in particular rejected Macron’s far-reaching ideas for a defensive, protectionist industrial policy. Seven months later, the French head of state pushed ahead at national level and announced that the French purchase premium for electric cars would in future be dependent on CO2 emissions during production. Vehicles manufactured in China would therefore be effectively excluded from this subsidy.
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