Sometimes it's about small cars, sometimes it's about huge trucks. But it is always about combustion engines and techniques to disguise their harmful emissions. The investigations into Dieselgate continue - with the Deutsche Umwelthilfe now adding another piece to the puzzle.
A monthly flat-rate emissions charge of about 150 euros for cars, and a hefty 2700 euros for large vehicles - this is the price car manufacturers and, above all, customers will have to pay for adapting to the new emissions requirements. A death blow for combustion engines?
In the Netherlands, and now also in Oldenburg in Germany, a cyclist traffic light switches faster to green in bad weather. Could this approach also be used in the case of heavy air pollution? could take place?
Air pollution is still a problem in many cities throughout the world and Europe - with undesirable consequences for the health of citizens and for the environment. In Berlin, too, air pollution is rising and reaching peak levels.
In Europe, a change in transport almost always means electromobility. But now an approach is coming out of Brazil that is supposed to power vehicles with ethanol. An unusual technology that, with the support of major car companies, could become a solid solution for a more environmentally friendly transport world.
After other countries such as Norway and England decided to make vehicle taxes for electric cars compulsory, Sweden has now also cancelled subsidies for electric cars. The reason is that even without subsidies, electromobility is capable of gaining ground in Swedish cities.
To compensate for the restoration of car traffic on nearby Friedrichstraße, the capital will open Charlottenstraße for bicycle traffic tomorrow. Future changes as part of a broader mobility plan for Berlin's inner city are also not yet ruled out, he said.
With the planned abolition of the sticker requirement for the city centre, the ban on lorries passing through is also cancelled - with consequences for air and noise levels. Should the city back down and let the driving bans stand?
Thus, the Ministry of Finance wants to start plugging the financial hole, at least partially. Whether the new tax revenues will be enough to stop the budding regression, however, is still highly disputed in the ranks of British politics.
At the expense of the environment, hauliers save money on exhaust gas purification with illegal devices. Will new controls be introduced? Or are environmental zone regulations to be tightened to prevent exhaust manipulators from polluting the air unnoticed?
