Germany likely to miss e-cars target, says Merkel

German consumers remain reluctant to buy EVs because of relatively high prices, limited driving range and restrictions due to the low number of charging stations.

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany will likely miss the government's target of bringingone million electric cars onto the roads by the end of the decade. 

"As it looks at the moment, we will not achieve this goal," Merkel told fellow lawmakers of her centre-right CDU/CSU bloc.