Tag: Volker Wissing
Transport Minister Wissing fights with the countries
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) should be sure of a majority in parliament this Thursday: At least the governing coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP should plead in…
Steffi Lemke: Environment Minister wants to ban biofuel
biofuel The Ministry of the Environment is fundamentally critical of the climate protection effect of biofuel. This was “strongly doubted”. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) wants…
The China Crash – Morning Briefing Plus
When it came to China, the story was told for a long time about a tightly organized country that planned its rise with great foresight and like a military commander.…
VW subsidiary MAN relies on purely electric trucks for long-distance journeys
Prototype of the electric truck from MAN The future of goods transport is electric – and will probably do without hydrogen. (Photo: MAN) Berlin Nobody doubts about electric cars anymore.…
The NRW election will be dangerous for Olaf Scholz
Shortly before the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the two top candidates met on WDR yesterday evening for their only TV duel and personal showdown: Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and…
Minister of Transport Volker Wissing gone astray
Volker Wissing The minister stressed that he should rely on market-based incentives. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Transport Minister Volker Wissing no longer wants to hear about his ministry’s proposals, no…
FDP rejects plans for higher e-car purchase premiums
Volker Wissing In the meantime, the Federal Minister of Transport has also distanced himself from his house’s plans. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has distanced himself…
Volker Wissing’s climate plan: train journey instead of short-haul flight
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use grants and other investments to strengthen the role of the railways in transport and thus increase their contribution to climate…
Scrap bonus and 10,800 euros e-car discount
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use massive subsidies to quickly persuade Germans to buy electric cars. This emerges from a government report in which several research…
Scrap bonus and 10,800 euros e-car discount
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing is planning to use massive subsidies to quickly persuade Germans to buy electric cars. This emerges from a government report in which several research…
We want to make data usable for innovative business models
We start research on Wikipedia, we organize quick purchases via apps and bank transactions on the laptop or keep in touch with distant friends via messenger services. We are increasingly…
Draft climate plan: Tax benefits for fully electric company cars
Berlin The federal government wants to achieve its climate protection goals in the transport sector with an immediate climate protection program. The package includes new funding programs and tax incentives,…
What Deutsche Bahn and shipping have to do
Berlin The Ukraine war shows how critical the German infrastructure is. Before Easter, the federal government asked the transport industry for the first time about transport capacities if no more…
Municipalities do not want to operate charging stations
Charging station for e-cars There are still too few charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) must expect resistance to his…
Ukraine war: Federal government plans “grain bridge”
Grain The federal government wants to transport up to 52 containers or several thousand tons of grain out of the Ukraine with each train. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfort Railway transports…
Wissing no longer wants to expand waterways
Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) opposes a central project of the traffic light coalition: the renovation and expansion of the locks on the inland waterways. In a letter…
Deutsche Bahn: Network expansion in the Chemical Triangle is halting
Berlin The cancellation unexpectedly hit BASF, OMV, Wacker Chemie and other industrial companies in south-eastern Bavaria. And the justification caused confusion: The rail line from Munich via Mühldorf to Burghausen…
Why the ministers are currently hardly noticed
FDP minister in the traffic light government From left: Christian Lindner, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Marco Buschmann and Volker Wissing. (Photo: Imago (3), Jens Schicke) Berlin Vaccination, speed limit, debt brake –…
„Hier ist noch nichts Substanzielles in Sicht.“
Denn: „Ohne Digitalisierung geht gar nichts, weder die Energiewende noch nachhaltige Mobilität, Gesundheit und Bildung“, sagt Kaschke im Handelsblatt-Interview. „Wenn wir hier nicht Spitze werden, schaffen wir es nirgends. Das ist vielfach noch…
Kyiv is preparing for a major offensive
Destroyed houses in Mariupol The port city is still being hit by massive attacks by the Russian army. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sees his country confronted with…