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Merkel: We need to switch to electric or hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars

Merkel: We need to switch to electric or hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at the Hannover Messe opening ceremony, the trade fair in Hanover, Germany March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer -  Copyright  FABIAN BIMMER(Reuters)
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Germany needed to make radical changes in the vehicle sector by switching to electric or hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars.

Germany has earmarked 1 billion euros (£857 million) to support a consortium looking to produce electric car battery cells and plans to fund a research facility to develop next-generation solid-state batteries.

(Reporting by Andreas Rinke; Writing by Michelle Martin; Editing by Paul Carrel)

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