Green goals take a back seat in Denmark's e-car policy

Copenhagen

DENMARK is planning to almost triple the price of electric cars, including Teslas, and cut pollution taxes on diesel vehicles, according to provisions in the 2016 budget draft.

The government is defending the measures by saying they will help businesses save money and create more jobs. "Things have to be done with reason," Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen told reporters in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

As the world looks on in disbelief at Volkswagen's emissions scandal, Denmark is pushing through a policy that will undo the previous ad…