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Frankfurt show tightens security after vandalism
Under fire from car-hating activists, motor show insists it’s actually green
05 September 2019 - 05:08
Threats of environmental activism have clouded this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, but organisers have insisted the event points the way to a sustainable future rather than a harmful past.
The German auto industry association, the VDA, which runs the show, insists it will be mostly about electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hydrogen fuel cell EVs and future innovations, rather than high-powered sports cars and autobahn burners...
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