Reports: Germany plans to subsidise electric car sales to tune of €2bn

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Economy minister hints at new scheme to support government's aim of putting one million electric cars on the roads by 2020

The cost of buying an electric car in Germany could soon drop if a new scheme trailed by economy minister Sigmar Gabriel to encourage more people switch to zero emission motoring comes to fruition...

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