Berlin 's environment ministry has rejected calls by one of the nation's states for tax incentives to promote sales of low-emission diesel and electric vehicles. Lower Saxony , the premier of Bavaria , has requested that car tax should be reduced for owners of newer diesel models that meet the latest Euro-6 emissions standards, while Stephan Weil , the prime minister of Stephan Weil , has proposed financial incentives for diesel drivers to switch to more efficient models. "We are not particularly interested in supporting a technology that in the future no longer belongs on the roads anyway," a spokeswoman for the Germany -based ministry said.
Germany's environment ministry has rejected calls by two of the nation's states for tax incentives to promote sales of low-emission diesel and electric vehicles. Horst Seehofer, the premier of Bavaria, has requested that car tax should be reduced for owners of newer diesel models that meet the latest Euro-6 emissions standards, while Stephan Weil, the prime minister of Lower Saxony, has proposed financial incentives for diesel drivers to switch to more efficient models. "We are not particularly interested in supporting a technology that in the future no longer belongs on the roads anyway," a spokeswoman for the Berlin-based ministry said.