On the way to a combustion-free zone within the S-Bahn ring, the police and fire brigade are also to be converted to green drives. But the Senate's plan is causing considerable difficulties.
The sectoral driving ban has been temporarily relaxed. However, the decision of the Tyrolean government is not enough to escape harsh criticism.
The current energy crisis and rising charging costs are not good news for the electric car sector either. In Bolzano, many e-car drivers living in apartment buildings will face charging bans.
For some time now, residents of a railway station in the north of Vienna have been complaining about noisy and smelly diesel locomotives: the trains stand directly in front of a block of flats with their engines running, sometimes for hours, sometimes even for days. Now the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) are reacting.
In Chengdu, the capital and largest industrial centre of the Chinese province of Szechuan, electricity is running out. In the meantime, not only production but also the operation of e-cars is affected.
The company car regulation allows German employees to use a car privately at favourable conditions. However, since company cars are often internal combustion vehicles, the Greens want to reform the regulation.
Why do car drivers have to abide by driving bans, while private jets and private yachts emit many times more pollutants and are not subject to any restrictions? France now wants to change this - throughout the EU.
In Frankfurt, there are fewer but longer trains. In Vienna, passengers are to lend a hand and transport parcels.
Electric fleets and hydrogen buses - Increasingly, urban transport operators are testing and putting more climate-friendly vehicles on Germany's roads. A more sustainable transformation is coming to city buses in the coming years.
More and more car manufacturers are focusing on alternative drive solutions for the future. Now Suzuki in India also wants to switch to electric and hybrids. But this will not be an easy undertaking.
