No-holds-barred and humorous myth-busting

“Electric cars have no future.” This book disagrees!

e:mobil presents “10 Argumente gegen das Elektroauto, die Sie gleich vergessen können!” (10 arguments against the electric car that you can forget right away) and gives e-mobility advocates a set of arguments that will amaze doubters and critics. A special kind of book by Dieter Graf and Herbert Starmühler – highly recommended.

It is always the same prejudices, concerns and fears about e-cars that circulate in society:

The range is too short – charging takes too long – we don’t have enough electricity – … – the batteries are hazardous waste

10 arguments against the electric car – that you can forget right away.

LINK TO THE BOOK (German)

There are more charging points than petrol stations

You won’t find a clearer answer than “It is impossible not to find a charging station in Austria. There are thousands”, as Manfred Brustmann keeps emphasising. More are added every day, and there are already more than 89,000 charging points across Europe…

E-mobility and politics

“Anyone who still regards e-cars as outsiders today will very soon have to regard their combustion-engine car as the outsider,” said Stephan Pernkopf, deputy governor of Lower Austria, in his speech at the opening of the Zöchling family’s small hydropower plant “Husarenmühle” in St. Veit an der Gölsen, in front of more than 200 guests.

LINK TO THE APA-OTS PRESS RELEASE (German)

Every fifth bus in China runs without a combustion engine

385,000 electric buses already in service – electric buses in China on the road to the transport revolution According to the industry service Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), around 385,000 e-buses are now on the road worldwide, a good 99 per cent of them in China. Almost one in five buses in the People’s Republic now runs without a combustion engine – and the trend is rising sharply. China is thus anticipating a development that is only gradually beginning in Western cities.

SOURCE: SPIEGEL ARTICLE (German)

Emissions scandal with petrol cars too?

Emissions scandal: petrol cars are affected too According to information obtained by Der Spiegel, attempts were made to manipulate emissions values not only in diesel engines but also in petrol engines. This emerges from an investigation by the EU competition authorities. Daimler, Volkswagen, BMW, Audi and Porsche are affected.

SOURCE: WAZ ARTICLE (German)

Those who don’t move with the times will be left behind?

Mercedes and MAN are still relying on diesel buses The two big bus manufacturers Mercedes and MAN do not yet offer any electric production models, which is why critics accuse them of having slept through the development so far.

SOURCE: FOCUS ARTICLE (German)

A note from the GAIA editorial team: We are delighted that, after many years of friendship, Wolfgang Löser is now also distributing his newsletters through GAIA as a member and is actively using the platform for himself and his pioneering ideas. We are very happy to support him in putting his articles together.