The German government had to take control of the situation with diesel cars that were threatened with a ban. Chancellor of Germany believes that abandoning cars for "diesel" is too premature solution.

Angela Merkel did not support the idea of ??banning the use of cars with diesel engines on the roads of Germany, despite a series of high-profile scandals with the falsification of data on real CO2 emissions. The statement that the problem should be resolved in a different way, the Chancellor made during the congress of the CDU party in Dortmund, reports Die Welt.

"One should not allow a situation where bona fide buyers who bought a diesel car were suddenly banned from using or reselling. Part of the automakers, of course, destroyed the trust of customers, and now it will have to be restored, "Merkel said..

The head of state believes that the German automotive industry should move towards the development of electric vehicles, autonomous driving technologies and new concepts of car use.

"On whether our automotive industry will pick up these modern trends, its future will depend, as well as the future of hundreds of thousands of jobs in our country," the chancellor said..

Recall that some German automakers were caught on frauds with CO2 emissions in diesel cars, which were significantly higher than declared. Following Volkswagen, suspicions of data corruption fell on Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler. As a result, companies had to launch record-breaking recall campaigns for engine development.