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Germany's electric car boom cuts fuel tax revenue (opens the original)
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"People are moving away from gasoline and diesel," said Jens Boysen-Hogrefe, a tax and transportation expert at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). "The boom in electric cars triggered by high fuel prices is accelerating the transition in drive technologies that was already planned anyway," he told DW. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), sales of electric vehicles in Europe rose by nearly 30% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. Nor
Drought in Germany and Europe are driving up costs (opens the original)
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So far, research institutes have not been able to quantify the impact of extreme weather conditions on inflation in Germany, but there are clear trends. "If ships on the Rhine can only carry a fraction of their usual cargo, transport costs per metric ton will rise significantly," Torsten Schmidt, an economist at the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, told DW. He added that this would drive up the cost of energy sources, such as diesel and heating oil, which are in large part transpor
The economic toll of Spain's wildfires (opens the original)
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Charred tree stumps, melted asphalt, burned-out cars and destroyed buildings: The wildfires in southern Europe are leaving a trail of devastation and causing billions of euros in damage. Spain's economy in particular is at risk of being choked by clouds of ash. According to the EU's Copernicus Earth observation system, around 206,000 hectares of forest in Spain have already gone up in flames this year. "According to the European Commission, the economic impact of wildfires in Spain in 2022 amoun
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