Germany's Economy Minister Philipp Roesler poses in an electric car

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Germany plans to double financial aid, particularly to develop better, lighter batteries, which remain the brake on the technology's mass appeal. Cars which emit virtually no carbon dioxide will be exempt from tax.

Despite its green reputation, Germany has been slower than other countries, like Japan, to develop electric cars.

It now aims to change this, but attitudes may be hard to change. It is a country where 'no speed limits on the motorway' is seen as sacrosanct.

And it is the country of the BMW (car), though the luxury car-maker is now trying to develop lighter materials to make its vehicles greener.

Stephen Evans, BBC News, Berlin

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financial aid
کمک مالی

the brake on
در اینجا: نکات منفی

mass appeal
محبوبیت گسترده

emit
(گازهای گلخانه ای) خارج می کند، بیرون می دهد

exempt
معاف

green reputation
به خاطر پایبند بودن به سیاست های حمایت کننده از محیط زیست شهرت دارد

to develop
طراحی کردن و ساختن

speed limits
سرعت مجاز

sacrosanct
بقدری مهم است که قابل تغییر نیست

materials
مواد سازنده