Banaszak criticised the lack of linkage to European manufacturers and the unclear rationale for continuing support for plug‑in hybrids. “Eventually it collapses into a lip‑service promise-while this government blocks progress in Brussels by clinging to internal combustion engines” he said. “If the Union and the SPD truly intend to push e‑mobility forward, Friedrich Merz and his cabinet members cannot keep undermining electric cars week by week. Otherwise, the subsidy will be nothing more than hot air”.

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