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13 Nov 2017

Majority of Germans ready to give up ā€œno speed limitā€ on motorways for climate protection

KfW

Over 80 percent of Germans aged between 18 and 67 say the country needs to step up its efforts to reduce the transport sector’s impact on the environment, a survey conducted by the government-owned financing institution KfW suggests. Almost 90 percent of the respondents said that the car industry had a special responsibility to ensure that vehicles cause less pollution, and over 70 percent said they were ready to change their individual behaviour in order to reduce emissions from transport. ā€œEven the highly controversial proposal to introduce a speed limit on motorways received majority supportā€, with 60 percent of the respondents backing such policy, the KfW press release says. However, ā€œonly one in two respondents believed that electric cars will dominate the roads in 20 yearsā€, KfW adds.

Read the press release in English .

See the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę article EU car emissions too weak for German climate targets – experts for background.

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