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A big reason for this is probably to ease the way to government regulations. Germany is very strict on these regulations and compared to, e.g. Arizona, reluctan
by ascar 8y ago
A big reason for this is probably to ease the way to government regulations. Germany is very strict on these regulations and compared to, e.g. Arizona, reluctant to give experimental technology a pass for the street. If they pull on the same string, they have a much better chance to lobby for the required legislation to actually test and finally sell their self-driving technology in the important domestic market.
- diminish 8y agoGermany can then enforce those regulations EU-wide. That will allow their brands to defend the EU market against US/China competition.
- Reason077 8y agoHistorically the German auto industry has held a lot of influence over politicians. They've successfully lobbied against things like a national speed limit and for weakened emissions rules in the past. More recently, they have blocked and delayed the EU's proposed emissions targets for 2025 and 2030 which would have required 40% fleet-wide CO2 reductions by 2030 and set minimum targets for zero emission vehicles. (It should be noted Sweden, France, and Spain - who also have significant auto industries - are in favour of the new rules).
- ileri62 8y agoNot to mention that germany did absolutely fucking nothing against VW when dieselgate happened. Still waiting to see Winterkorn & friends under the guillotine for scamming the entire world. What happened instead? Normal engineers got blamed instead of executives. Fucking capitalism and fucking CDU, SPD and FDP. The sole reason for their existence is to sack money from lobbyists. When you have people like Schäuble, a piece of shit that was convicted for corruption in 1999, who was the minister of finance for the past couple of years in germany, it makes sense that germany does nothing against big corporate.
- ahartmetz 8y agoWhile it is true that Germany has legalized and not so legalized corruption in politics, it makes no sense to single out VW. All large companies have "government affairs" departments which sadly provide great return on investment. If only the people had a government affairs department...
- sudosu- 8y ago> When you have people like Schäuble, a piece of shit that was convicted for corruption in 1999 Do you have source on this?
- ileri62 8y agoThe entire case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDU_donations_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDU_donations_scandal
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