La Reunion is an electric car test region
The French government has decided on the island of La Reunion to build a testing ground for electric cars. In 2011 to start the first major test in cooperation with car manufacturer Renault. The electricity for the batteries of electric cars comes from the sun. It is to be built a network of solar power stations. The aim of the tests is to achieve a better CO2 balance than conventional cars. The electric cars are in daily evidence which services reach them.
The car manufacturer Renault is building in the French city Flins with government support to a work for electric cars. In a year in the work, the three electric car models run the manufacturer's assembly line. The island is about 10,000 kilometers from Paris and this raises the question why President Sarkozy decided just for this remote region. have been the high solar radiation is probably a reason for the decision. In Germany there are also electric car tests but to a lesser extent.
State promotes electric cars
The Federal Minister Rainer Bruderle (FDP) and Federal Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer (CDU) have agreed to public funding of electric cars. According to a report in the newspaper "Handelsblatt", after the agreement now reached the "Joint office for electric vehicles at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs should be established. The office will be responsible for the management of 500 million euros from the economic stimulus package. The money is available until the end of 2010.
A representative of the Federal Ministry of Transport is to be used at the office as a director. This Thursday will be to a meeting at the chancellery. The economic adviser to the Chancellor, Jens Weidmann has, for the representatives from the electronics, automotive, and energy sectors and state secretaries from the two ministries invited to a dinner. According to the Handelsblatt be held on 03.05.2010 a summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel and business leaders. It is positive that the state wants to encourage electric cars, but this will hopefully not to the more prices rise as with solar power. The subsidy should be targeted and temporary.
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