Proposals by the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) to pay drivers thousands of euros to replace their polluting cars with EVs have been criticised for tackling the wrong problem. Plans would see Germans willing to scrap their gas-guzzling cars and replace them with a new electric vehicle rewarded with a €6,000 bonus. Buying a used EV would result in a €3,000 payment. The SPD, one of the key political groups in the German government, hopes the scrappage scheme will kick-start Germany’s stalling transition from the internal combustion engine to cleaner EVs and support the drive to meet climat…