The autobahn is part and parcel of national mythology in Germany. But the climate crisis is causing a rethink of this no-speed-limit highway system, writes Paul Hockenos.

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Updated on Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. ET. Germany's government has rejected the prospect of imposing a speed limit on the stretches of autobahn that don't have one in an effort to reduce carbon emissions ...

With no upper speed limits in most of the country, German autobahns are veritable racetracks for some who whoosh by on the runway-like freeways as fast — or faster — than a jetliner at takeoff.

Two parties in Germany's three-party ruling coalition are in favor of this measure, but the libertarian FDP party is blocking it, calling this limit on the freedom to speed unnecessary.

BERLIN - An EU official called on Germany to give up the famous freedom of its highways and impose speed limits on the autobahn to fight global warming - a demand that drew angry responses Sunday ...

Updated on Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. ET. Germany's government has rejected the prospect of imposing a speed limit on the stretches of autobahn that don't have one in an effort to reduce carbon emissions ...