Lower Saxony: CDU considers e-mobility to have failed - Red-Green sees no alternative for climate protection

Lower Saxony's CDU parliamentary group leader Sebastian Lechner sees the automotive location in the state increasingly under pressure.

"There needs to be a realization in the federal and state governments that the strategy for electromobility in its current form has failed," said Lechner with regard to the decline in the registration of electric cars.

What is needed is technological openness "and no ban on internal combustion engines." Lechner further stated that no form of mobility should be preferred or disadvantaged. For many people, the car will continue to be indispensable in the future, no matter how much rail and local transport are expanded, argued the opposition leader.

Red-Green Commits to E-Mobility

The red-green state government had previously reaffirmed its commitment to the goal of transitioning to e-mobility despite the recent low utilization of car plants in Germany - including Volkswagen in Wolfsburg. The transport sector must also contribute to counteracting climate change, and according to current knowledge, this can only be achieved through electromobility, said a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD). In Lower Saxony, work will therefore continue on expanding the charging network.

"This path must continue to be followed," said the government spokeswoman.