Economic experts: Environmental bonuses for e-cars work, but are not enough

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Purchase bonus for electric cars
The environmental bonus works, but is not enough – experts are calling for a CO2 tax and charging stations

The federal government is pursuing the goal of registering 15 million electric cars by 2030. The environmental bonus should help with this. (icon picture)

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04/13/2022 11:54 am

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The environmental bonus for electric cars has given a strong boost to the electromobility market. In the meantime, every fifth newly registered car is no longer dependent on diesel or petrol. Nevertheless, economic experts are calling for higher CO2 taxes and more charging stations.

The environmental bonus has significantly boosted electric car sales in Germany. From the point of view of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), more is needed for a traffic turnaround: stricter limit values, higher CO2 prices and more charging stations. As the institute announced on Wednesday, the gap between combustion engines and battery-electric cars is closing.

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At the beginning of 2019, two percent of all newly registered cars were still running on electricity, by autumn 2021 it was already more than a fifth. The researchers calculated seasonal and cyclical effects and were able to prove, according to their own account, that this was due to the purchase premiums.

Buyers can get up to 9000 euros for buying an electric car. The premiums are financed by the federal government and the manufacturers.

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“Our analysis shows that purchase premiums for electric cars have an effect. However, in order to achieve the goals of faster market penetration, a large number of other measures are necessary,” said DIW traffic expert Aleksandar Zaklan. Environmentally harmful subsidies would have to be dismantled, the pollutant limits for fleets lowered and fuel charged with a higher CO2 price in the long term.

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There are a good 12,000 charging stations for e-cars in Germany

There are a good 12,000 charging stations for e-cars in Germany

How many charging stations are there in Germany at the moment?
We are still a bit away from such large e-charging stations, but the number of charging points has increased significantly in the past year. The Federal Network Agency has currently reported 12,278 charging stations (as of February 5, 2020), many of which have more than one charging point. As a rule, there are two charging points on one charging station, in rare cases there are even three. So you can assume around 24,000 charging points. According to the “Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries” (bdew), more than 70 percent of the existing charging points are operated by energy companies. A different picture is provided by “statistica com” (around 18,700 charging stations) and “goingelectric.de” (19,279 locations, 55,212 charging points), which are also kept up-to-date by reports from electric vehicle enthusiasts. If you look at the distribution of the charging points, it is noticeable that the density of charging stations is decreasing in eastern Germany. According to estimates by the Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries (bdew), 70,000 normal charging points and 7,000 fast charging points are required for one million electric cars.

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Because in order to achieve the government target of 15 million electric cars by 2030, 130,000 new cars would have to be registered every month. In 2021, however, there were only 30,000 electric cars per month. From the point of view of the study authors, it is also important to make the purchase of cars superfluous, at least in part, with powerful and reliable buses and trains.

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