Tag: Ministry of Transport
Wissing and EU approach dispute over e-fuels
Volker Wissing (FDP) The transport minister sees a solution in the combustion dispute. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The Federal Transport Minister looked a bit exhausted when he appeared in front of…
According to the new diesel report, the Ministry of Transport and the KBA see no need for action
Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) The ministry claims that dirty diesels have been “restored to a type-approved condition”. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf After a report on possible defeat devices in 150…
FDP confident in the combustion dispute
combustion engine The EU and Germany could be close to an agreement in the combustion dispute. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the dispute over the future of new cars with combustion…
ICCT study considers defeat device in 150 diesel models to be “very likely”
Dusseldorf A new report on exhaust gas tests has caused manufacturers and authorities to explain again almost eight years after the start of the diesel affair. According to a report…
ICCT study considers defeat device in 150 diesel models to be “very likely”
Dusseldorf A new report on exhaust gas tests has caused manufacturers and authorities to explain again almost eight years after the start of the diesel affair. According to a report…
How the combustion dispute could be solved
Berlin, Brussels In a letter to the EU Commission, the Federal Ministry of Transport set out what a solution to the combustion engine dispute could look like. The planned EU…
Countries bunker local transport money in the amount of 4.6 billion
commuter train The states are responsible for local transport, but demand a lot of money from the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Frank Sorge) Berlin The budget politicians of the traffic light…
Auditors advise breaking up Deutsche Bahn AG
Volker Wissing The Federal Transport Minister at the presentation of new ICE trains. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin With drastic words, the President of the Federal Court of Auditors, Kay Scheller, calls…
Wissing’s experts assume a car toll and an end to combustion engines in their forecast
Transport Minister Volker Wissing For months, the FDP man has been exchanging blows with the Greens on the question of how Germany should be mobile in the future without emitting…
The EU Commission and Germany are converging on e-fuels
Berlin, Brussels The EU Commission and the Federal Ministry of Transport are optimistic that the newly started talks about phasing out combustion engines will lead to a resilient result. Commission…
Federal government builds freeways without priority
Construction work on the A40 in NRW The federal government is apparently not only implementing particularly urgent projects in highway construction, as a request from the Left Party shows. (Photo:…
Federal government builds freeways without priority
Construction work on the A40 in NRW The federal government is apparently not only implementing particularly urgent projects in highway construction, as a request from the Left Party shows. (Photo:…
Toll disaster will cost taxpayers millions
highway toll The secret court of arbitration will soon decide how many million euros the federal government has to pay because it unfairly terminated the car toll operator in 2019.…
More cell phone masts, fewer competitors – How the telecom industry ripped off the federal government
Andreas Scheuer and the mobile phone companies Internal documents show that the federal government, in the person of the then Transport and Digital Minister, deliberately sacrificed tougher regulation. (Photo: Imago,…
Transport Minister Volker Wissing is looking for a cash cow
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) will probably present an unpleasant bill at the government meeting of the traffic light coalition in early March. Deutsche Bahn has drawn up…
The price of the 49-euro ticket wobbles right from the start
Regional trains at Hamburg Central Station The new nationwide ticket is deliberately called “Deutschlandticket” so as not to be tied to the introductory price of 49 euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin…
FDP commissions reports on the effects
speed limit Since the beginning of the coalition, the FDP and the Greens have been arguing about the right way to go in transport policy. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Berlin…
Bundeswehr has problems with transport and infrastructure
Mammoth mission Bundeswehr transport Anyone who asks the federal and state governments these days only gets sparse information – above all, nobody feels responsible. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images [M]) Berlin…
Bundeswehr has problems with transport and infrastructure
Mammoth mission Bundeswehr transport Anyone who asks the federal and state governments these days only gets sparse information – above all, nobody feels responsible. (Photo: dpa, Getty Images [M]) Berlin…
Autobahn GmbH: Government balance sheet revealed: Unconstitutional mixed administration remains
Berlin The federal Autobahn GmbH will be dependent on help from the federal states for a long time to come. This emerges from a balance sheet by the federal government…