VW relies on the sale of fatter cars, in order to Finance the E-mobility. Is this the right strategy? A Pro and Contra.

The car maker VW is focusing more on SUVs, such as the Atlas Cross Sports. Legitimate? Photo: Damian Dovarganes/AP/dpa

there Should be a memorial to the stupidity of humanity, it could build from SUVs: We have a climate disaster, and a lot of driving in cars that consume between 14 and 25 percent more than a regular model, that would be equally fast, equally comfortable and equally safe. Now VW wants to increase its share of these vehicles, because to earn more, and it takes money to switch to E-mobility. VW-in-chief, Herbert Diess, the to were already available in the taz open.

From a real political point of view, this strategy is good. If you run out of it, then, that VW is not a responsible entity, but a group that gets the most out of. VW needs to lower, as all the car manufacturers in the EU, the CO2 emissions of its fleets. If he sells more SUV models, you must compensate for the group so elsewhere. More electric cars to build. Or pay penalty. Or, the third variant, the fuel consumption of SUVs faster lower. And here's where it gets interesting: Except in China, there are in many countries, no CO2-limits for cars. However, globally, the demand for gas guzzlers increases.

the stupidity of The people is a fact. The only hope for the planet is to limit the stupidity. Should read: If worldwide, more and more people want SUVs, including the Germans, then as little as possible environmentally destructive. So those that come from an economy such as the EU, in the climate of pressure on the auto industry from a global perspective on the largest.

That VW is financing the transition to E-mobility and speeds up, seems to be conclusive. Of course, the SUV profits go to Manager and shareholder*. But the EU is forcing the auto makers to the E-Revolution. For lies, as before, remains there for VW's little room.

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It is wrong that VW and other car manufacturers rely on the increasing sales of SUVs. The Manager claim, the sale of especially harmful to the climate cars was necessary, in order to get enough money for the large process of transformation towards E-mobility. It is, first and foremost, continue to generate high profits for the shareholders.

The richest people of Germany, obtain incredible sums of money from the auto industry. You have filled up at the expense of climate and employees, over the decades, the accounts. Now, you must pay your share to ensure that the pollutant industry is a carbon-neutral economy is industry. VW has a special social responsibility because the state is a shareholder.

The Transformation to E-mobility needs to go a lot faster and more consistent operate, as is the case today. Who seriously believes he or she could postpone this change to ten or even more years, as Decision-makers in the car industry, and in politics is wrong. To hide behind the customers who were not supposed to be electric cars, but powerful and large SUVs, is hypocritical. So far, a lot more people always wanted an electric vehicle, as the industry was ready to deliver.

However, the mobility of The future is not drives only the transition to electric, but from a different understanding of movement with a collective shared or public vehicles. A battery-powered SUV is not much better than one with exhaust. Each one is one too many. The majority of take up the obscene amount of space, regardless of whether you are driving or standing. As long as the auto industry holds on to your Bigger and Faster, driving you in the wrong direction. The SUV symbolizes the. The faster any more will be built, the better.

Anja Krüger