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Windmills and solar panels will power the future of car plants in Germany. It makes little sense to develop cars with minimal carbon emissions if we continue emitting greenhouse gases when we make them, says Christian Mohrdrieck from Daimler Benz in the British newspaper The Independent. He is responsible for the development of green powertrains, fuel cell and battery powered, the German company.
According to the British newspaper The automobile industry is one of the
industries are now at the forefront when nuclear power is phased out
and the whole German society must invest in renewable energy. So BMW
has decided to build wind turbines at its assembly plant in Leipzig,
where they produce the all-new electric and hybrid cars i3 and i8.
Volkswagen, Europe's largest car manufacturer, has recently begun
working with an Austrian power supplier to supply all its twelve
production facilities with electricity from hydropower. Deliveries,
which corresponds to ten percent of the total power demand in the
factories, will start the 2013th
In addition, Volkswagen will invest several billion euros in renewable
energy over the next two years, including buying into a wind farm in the
North Sea, reported the Financial Times.
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