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The German government has confirmed the future buyers of electric cars in the country will receive a grant of several thousand euros The movement is part of a series of measures to handle the sagging sales of electronic and hybrid cars.
In May, the electric car buyers in Germany will receive a grant of 4,000 euros 4,520 each, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday after a meeting between government leaders and representatives automakers in the nation a day earlier.
The minister said that the resulting costs 1 € 2 billion would be shared between the government and the auto industry.
Schäuble added that hybrid car buyers would get 3,000 euros each, but the grants could be used for cars not exceeding a specified price of 60,000 euros.
Berlin said the measure would remain in place until 2020 at the latest The total amount allocated for this purpose would be enough to subsidize 400,000 cars, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.
This initiative aims to more than half a million electric cars on German roads, from a meager 50,000 at present it would be far from the self-proclaimed goal of the government to see 1 million cars Power on the road by 2020.
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