Slick ads like to portray the future of transportation as clean and quiet. They show cars that gently purr, without emitting harmful emissions, along almost empty roads through unspoiled nature, with their occupants on their way to work or to shop in clean cities without traffic jams.
The reality, of course, is somewhat different, as traffic jams, noise and the stench of exhaust fumes are, in fact, ubiquitous in Germany.
According to VDA, in November new registrations of electric vehicles increased by 51.0 percent to 102,656 units. In the January-November this year, new registrations of electric vehicles amounted to 659,287 units, moving up by 10.0 percent. In the given month, the share of electric vehicles in all new registrations stood at 39.4 percent."
