In Braunschweig in northern Germany the Germany wide active car sharing company Drive-Carhsaring now offers an electric car to its customers. It is a small car for the city, one battery load costs just 1,40 Euros, the electricity comes from renewable water power in Switzerland and takes the car 70 – 80 kilometers, more than [...]

The German newspaper “Die Welt” reports on 13 March 2010 about a study performed by the “Center of Automotive” of the “Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft” in Bergisch-Gladbach/Germany that a third of young adults (18-25) value an own flat, a nice holiday and even retirement provisions higher than a car, they do not want to do without [...]