Activists of the “last generation” Among other things, they used rental cars from Sixt to block traffic in Berlin. The rental car company reacts with humorous advertising – but at the same time finds clear words.
Cars are one of the world’s natural enemies “last generation”. The climate protection activists now block traffic almost every day by sticking themselves to the streets. Most recently, some activists on the A100 city motorway in Berlin even stuck to rental cars that they had rented especially for this purpose – including cars from the rental car company Sixt.
And since the company is known for always responding to current events on social media and in its advertisements, it is not surprising that Sixt also uses the so-called “climate glue” takes on the shovel. With social media posts praising an e-car, the company from near Munich takes up the actions of the “last generation” Relation. “Sticks to the street. And nobody cares”, the car rental company writes. In the accompanying text, the word “All Purpose Adhesive” crossed out and through “all-rounder” replaced.
Car rental company Sixt condemns the actions of “last generation”
Sixt takes the protest actions of “last generation” with humor – at least that’s what it seems. But that is only the half truth. A spokesman for the company responded “T-Online” initially much sharper on the blockades, for which rental cars were used. “We condemn the misuse of our rental vehicles for such actions”, he said. To prevent such occurrences in the future, be a “low two-digit number of people” been blocked. You will no longer be able to rent vehicles from Sixt in the future.
Activists of the “last generation” had stuck themselves to the roofs and tires of the cars and thus blocked traffic at a total of 14 locations in Berlin on Ascension Day. According to their own statements, they wanted to deliberately obstruct holiday traffic out of the city with the blockades. The fire brigade had to clear the blockage with special equipment. The activists had apparently rented the cars from the rental car companies Sixt and Miles. Both companies said that some vehicles had been damaged and that the climate protectors would have to pay for the costs.
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See the video: stern reporters filmed it “last generation” in preparing for their protests in April and accompanied the demonstrators to the government district in Berlin.
Source: Stern
