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Incentives to buy electric cars such as Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf will "plunder" government treasuries and do little to reverse pollution, a coalition of German environmental groups said today, according to a report by Bloomberg news service.

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A coal plant in operation.
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"A lot of money is going to be handed out to support electric cars instead of implementing tougher carbon-dioxide emissions (rules) and making gasoline and diesel cars more efficient," said Juergen Resch, who heads the Berlin-based environmental organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe.


Carmakers including Germany's Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG should focus on boosting fuel efficiency and lowering carbon emissions for vehicles equipped with combustion engines, Resch said, according to Bloomberg.


Green Car Advisor knows this report will rub a lot of people the wrong way. Parts of it rubbed us the wrong way. It's because Bloomberg is a major news organization and this report by them will have a lot of people talking that we are bringing it to your attention. Deutsche Umwelthilfe (German Environmental Aid) has been around since 1975 and can take some credit, through its No Diesel Without Filter campaign, for the adoption of diesel particulate filters by German automakers.








Electric cars often pollute more than gasoline or diesel vehicles when the  emissions of their sources of electricity - typically coal and natural gas power plants - are taken into account, Resch said.


Powering an electric car using the existing combination of electricity sources in Germany, including coal and natural gas, means such vehicles emit at least 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer driven, the environmental groups said, according to the Bloomberg report.


That's more than Volkswagen's least-polluting Polo subcompact at 99g/km and Daimler's Smart ForTwo minicar, which has a carbon output of 88g/km. Each car is equipped with a diesel engine.
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EVs Will Plunder Treasuries, Do Little to Cut CO2 Levels, German Green Group Says was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.