Germany wants to put €2bil into encouraging electric cars

(FILES) - Picture taken on September 15, 2015 shows a Mercedes electric drive car plugged for charging during the second press day of the 66th IAA auto show in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND

BERLIN: German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel wants to commit €2bil (RM9.52bil) to encourage more people to buy electric cars, the newspaper Die Zeit reported. 

Buyers of electric cars would receive a subsidy from the government, the newspaper said, giving no further details.