Daimler

A three lane highway is shown packed with cars and taken with a blurry effect.

Love is blind: How Germany’s long romance with cars led to the nation’s biggest clean energy failure

Environment

A world leader in cutting emissions from electricity production, the German government, in thrall to the auto industry, ‘overlooked’ pollution from cars and trucks.

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