At the opening of the IAA Mobility have spoken out politics, organizers and industry for changes to the planned burner ban. “One -sided political stipulations on certain technologies are not only the wrong economic policy path for this industry,” said Chancellor Friedrich Merz (69). It requires more flexibility in regulation.
The aim is to combine “competitiveness and effective climate protection through technology open to technology”, emphasized Merz. Basically must Germany “Again a competitive, internationally recognized business location, which the world does not look at with amazement, but with admiration”.
Hildegard Müller (58), President of the Association of the Auto Industry (VDA), which organizes the IAA, also called for a reality check and a course correction in EU climate policy towards the Auto industry When prohibiting new combustion engines from 2035, but also with the requirements for CO₂ fleet emissions. This is not a departure from the goal of climate neutrality, but on the contrary, an amount to succeed, she argues.
Climate goals should be adapted “to reality”
So far, consumers have not been sufficiently ready to Electromobility To switch, said Müller. Anyone who continues to go to goals “without reference to reality” and do not see that there are various technological options for the success of the traffic transition in the world, the endanger not only growth, prosperity and jobs, but also the goal of climate neutrality.
Before that, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (58) had already renewed his demand for a departure from the ban on combustion. As it is now designed, it is wrong and has to be lifted and replaced by alternatives. He also called for the CO₂ goals to adapt “to reality”.
There have always been similar demands from industry. The topic was also discussed on the chancellor’s trade fair tour-among other things with the suppliers Schaeffler, Mahle and ZF.
At the end of the tour, Merz was enthusiastic about the technologies shown. Among other things, the Chancellor had taken the chancellor in which small combustion engines Electric cars increase. When visiting Mahle, he emphasized that he wanted to do everything to make this technology on the streets in Europe.
Basically, the German auto industry is in the crisis and suffers from falling profits and job reduction. This could continue: A current study by IW Consult on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics, about which the “Handelsblatt” reports, will see the loss of around 90,000 jobs in the industry as possible by the end of 2030.
IAA remains in Munich
At the beginning of the opening, VDA President Hildegard Müller announced that the IAA will remain in Munich. The current contract expires with this year’s fair. Now there is an agreement on six more years – three more expenses.
Even before the opening, there were protests against the fair. The globalization -critical network Attac sank a “Autosaurus” in a water surface in front of the fair. “The fossil step back under the Merz government is in full swing and the turnover of the traffic is slowed down,” criticize the activists. The auto industry will not change voluntarily. “She doesn’t care about climate neutrality, because she is only about profit with ever larger and more harmful cars.”
A few hours later, the climate protection group Extinction Rebellion also used the water surface in front of the fair for an action. Activists represented driving corpses. “The climate crisis kills people and at the IAA there are ever larger cars and a ‘continued to celebrate,” criticized a speaker. Further protests in the course of the fair are expected – as with the last editions of the IAA Mobility.