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I see. That's not "EU telling them they have to". That's a minister of an EU member state allegedly telling them he would like to force them to do it.
by yreg 5y ago
I see. That's not "EU telling them they have to".
That's a minister of an EU member state allegedly telling them he would like to force them to do it.
- hef19898 5y agoStill the acting Minister of Transportation in the biggest EU member state. That hair splitting is showing some lack of understanding how this stuff works. I think Tesla saw the writing on the wall in the EU, which is that the EU doesn't want closed eco-systems, including payment, for EV charging. Now you can do it when forced or leap-frog that and get some positive PR from it. Plus you might be able to do it on our own terms. I highly doubt Tesla would have done it yet without some pushing from the EU.
- yreg 5y agoI'm sorry, but as a non-german european citizen I really do not consider an opinion of a german minister all that important. He has zero authority to order companies what they have to do or don't have to do in my country.
- hef19898 5y agoDirectly, no. Indirectly one cannot ignore the influence Germany has in the EU, so his word carries some weight, especially if you are a multi-national company operating in the EU. That being said, Andi Scheuer is quite an incompetent idiot.
- foepys 5y agoIt's not only the minister's opinion, it's Germany's opinion. As minister he is allowed to make deals in the name of Germany. Germany and France are the main financial contributors to the EU budget, so they are involved in pretty much all EU matters.
- hef19898 5y ago>> As minister he is allowed to make deals in the name of Germany. That is very true. It also is part of the problem with that particular Minister, one of those deals cost Germany north of 500 million for nothing.
- arlcode 5y agoDon't infrastructure subsidies in the member states usually require an open system as well?