Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli
has been rapped for preaching the use of electric cars and
buying a diesel one himself.
"You can't beat Toninelli: he says he wants to incentivise
electric cars and says he has just bought a diesel car. He's
still the number one, absolute #genius", tweeted Democratic
Party MP Alessia Morani, referring to an Italian TV news report
in which the minister says he has bought a second-hand diesel
Jeep Compass for his family.
"Now they're talking about me buying a car, it's beyond
madness," Toninelli reacted.
"Well yes, in October I committed the 'crime' of buying a
diesel used car," he added, saying its emissions were well below
the levels penalised in a recent government measure.
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