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Things had quietened down on the Bonhoff front. But then new information surfaced in February 2024 which prompted German transportation minister Volker Wissing to take action. On Feb. 15, he released Klaus Bonhoff, head of the policy issues department, from his duties with immediate effect and also moved a divisional head. The reason behind the decision lies in a discrepancy uncovered during an internal review undertaken by the transportation ministry, also known as the BMDV. The affair gained added force when German news magazine Der Spiegel reported on Feb. 20 that Wissing had stopped “completely the approval of hydrogen funding.” Yet in reality funding is not being axed. The ministry is merely carrying out reassessments that could lead to a delay.
