https://cleantechnica.com/2019/08/16/germany-has-more-evs-on-the-road-than-any-other-european-country/ Germany Has More EVs On The Road Than Any Other European Country August 16th, 2019 Roy L Hales
[image https://cleantechnica.com/files/2017/10/25-Paris-to-Poland-Tesla-Shuttle-Road-Trip-e1565970402353.jpg ] There are more EVs on the road in Germany than in any other nation in Europe. More than 83,000, according to the Federal Motor Transport Authority. The country has built enough charging stations to service 30% of the nation’s car. So, while it is not close to being the leader in terms of EV market share, Germany leads Europe’s EV deployment in terms of total vehicles and charging stations. (Editor’s note: “EVs” include plug-in hybrids in this article.) Why Germany Is #1 “The EU’s 2030 target — a 37.5% reduction in car CO2 emissions — is extremely ambitious and demanding. …By 2030, 7 to 10.5 million e-cars must be on the road in Germany. This is only possible with high customer acceptance and optimal framework conditions — and anything but a self-perpetuator. For this, the German automotive industry is making enormous advances: manufacturers and suppliers are investing 40 billion euros in research and development of alternative drive systems over the next three years. This leads to an impressive model offensive: Our manufacturers will quintuple their model range by 2023 to more than 150 E models. Every third patent in the field of electromobility and hybrid drive worldwide comes from Germany,” explained Bernhard Mattes, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der AutomobilIndustrie). “Internationally successful eCars are crucial for the future of our auto industry and thus for hundreds of thousands of jobs in Germany,” said Peter Altmaier, Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy. “This requires investment, but creates a huge opportunity for private companies to stake a claim in an industry heading for a period of explosive growth,” explained Stefan Di Bitonto, Senior Manager of Automobile Industries at GTAI. Rebates For Owners New vehicle owners can expect rebates of €4,000 for purely electric vehicles and €3,000 for plug-in hybrids. More than 118,000 are known to have applied as of May 2019. The rebates will continue until the €600 million allocated to this project is spent, or, failing that, Dec 31, 2020. Charging Stations Since the summer of 2018, Germany added another 7, 000 charging stations to its infrastructure. This brings the national total to 20,650. About 12% of these are fast chargers. “The growth in public charging stations is a positive signal for the expansion of e-mobility in Germany,” says digital energy technologies expert Marlen Brüntrup of Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI). “But further growth in the charging infrastructure will still be needed and that offers attractive opportunities for foreign companies’ products: from charging stations and batteries to smart grid technologies and digital solutions.” German Manufacturers Going Electric The iconic German-made VW Golf just had its electric version exceed 1,000 sales in a month for the first time ever, scoring 1,007 registrations in July 2019. Volkswagen is going electric and has devoted €80 billion to its new electric fleet. The last gas-powered VW will be built in 2026, by which time the company hopes to be manufacturing 3 million EVs a year. BMW plug-in cars lead the nation in terms of German-made domestic sales this year, even though foreign imports like the Renault Zoe (6,461 registrations) and Tesla Model 3 (5,806) lead the model ranking. As of July, the stats for German made plug-in cars in 2019 were: BMW i3 – 5,488 registrations VW e-Golf – 3,687 BMW 255xe – 2,686 Audi e-tron – 2,312 BMW 530e — 2,041 Mercedes 500e/de — 1,820 ... [© cleantechnica.com] ... https://cortescurrents.ca/germany-leads-europes-ev-adoption/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car_use_by_country Electric car use by country For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
