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Challenge Tesla on price and range, Germany tells its carmakers

Published Mon, Aug 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Berlin

GERMAN carmakers must invest more in electric vehicles and take on Elon Musk's Tesla Inc, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff said.

Peter Altmaier said he was thoroughly disappointed by German auto executives following the diesel-emissions scandal and that he was also thinking about the future of the 600,000 employees in the industry.

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