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Mobility and traffic in the rural area are a major issue – this also applies to the district of bad kissingen. The market town of burkardroth is now backing a car-sharing project. "The project is not the burgerbus, which we are still pursuing", emphasizes daniel wehner (CSU), the 1. Mayor of the commune.

Car sharing: what options are there in the countryside??

"The car is intended for weekend games of soccer teams, for example, explains wehner. "So you don’t have to drive five or six cars anymore – but maybe just one next to the nine seater." This also had advantages for the environment. Another possible use is, for example, the joint outing of several couples who are friends. The opel can even be borrowed for several days – for a weekend trip, for example, or for a week’s vacation.

According to mikar gmbh, the municipality has no entrepreneurial or financial risk of its own in the process. The vehicles are fully financed by third-party funding for four years.

Despite all the skepticism of many people in germany, the german auto industry is leading the way in the development of autonomous driving cars, according to a study.

Companies in germany are particularly innovative, according to a study by the employer-affiliated institut der deutschen wirtschaft (IW) in colonia. According to the study, german manufacturers accounted for 52 percent of the patents registered worldwide for autonomous driving.

Six companies from germany were among the top 10 – four of them manufacturers and two suppliers. In contrast, US challengers such as tesla and apple have not yet played a role in patents, but google has. German car manufacturers have often been criticized for allegedly missing out on new trends. Alternative drive systems were one of the topics.

He was on the move on the puma company premises: the federal chairman of bundnis 90/die grunen cem ozdemir. Together with franz koch, chairman of the administrative board, ozdemir took the smart for a spin and was impressed by the electric car. "He’s going all the way, it’s almost like being on the subway", ozdemir praised the little runabout.

On the occasion of the 25. On the occasion of the jubilee of the herzogenaurach local association of the grunen, the federal chairman visited the town. Among other things, he visited puma to find out about the company’s sustainability strategy and inaugurated the new solar filling station. During a tour of the headquarters, the green politician got an exact picture of what is currently the first climate-neutral company headquarters in the sporting goods industry.

The new solar filling station offers a total of eight plug-in places for electric vehicles of all kinds, such as electric cars, scooters, bicycles and pedelecs. In total, the energy generated by photovoltaics amounts to approximately 180.000 kwh per year, which corresponds to the average annual demand of about 50 households.
"I am pleased about the opening of the solar filling station. Puma shows that economic success and sustainability are by no means mutually exclusive. Projects like this one make it clear that energy supply in germany will primarily be decentralized in the future, and that companies and citizens will benefit.", explained ozdemir.