Germany should get denser charging network for e-cars | ' | '
The Federal Government had not expected any concrete decisions from the top meeting between representatives of the automotive industry and the grand coalition in Berlin. After all, after more than three hours of deliberations, the round in the Chancellery has agreed on a measure. It has agreed to develop a "master plan" for the construction of more charging stations for electric cars, said the President of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Bernhard Mattes, after the meeting in the capital.
The plan should clarify everything necessary to expand the charging network so that by 2030 seven to ten and a half million electric vehicles could be on the road. Loading points are one of the key points for customer acceptance, said Mattes. Financial commitments and funding were not discussed at the meeting. The results achieved for a master plan should be discussed at a next meeting. Then concrete decisions should follow, explained the VDA president.
High-carat round
At the meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), among others, VW boss Herbert Diess and BMW boss Harald Krüger had participated. Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU), Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU), Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) came to the round. Furthermore, the highest mobility advisor of the Federal Government, Henning Kagermann, had announced. In addition, the head of the union IG Metall, Jörg Hofmann, sat in the round. In advance, it was criticized that the government has invited neither representatives of environmental nor consumer associations.
The main topic of the exchange of ideas should be the profound changes in the car industry. These include new powertrain technologies with regard to climate protection and increasingly computer-controlled driving. More specifically, it was about how to encourage consumers to buy more e-cars and how to avoid overly negative employment effects.
VDA boss Mattes estimates that seven to 10.5 million electric vehicles will have to drive on Germany's roads by 2030 in order to meet the EU's climate goals. At the beginning of the year, however, there were only about 400,000 electric cars in Germany, with most being hybrid vehicles. German manufacturers are currently developing a large number of new models: in the next three years, the range of e-cars is set to triple to more than 100 models.
VDA President Bernhard Mattes
Higher funding required
But so that these cars are also bought by consumers, manufacturers demand more funding from the government. With that they find open ears. Just recently, Transport Minister Scheuer had announced that he would raise the state premium for the purchase of electric cars.
Around 800,000 people work for car manufacturers and suppliers in Germany. The auto industry is also a key industry for the export nation of Germany. With the turn of combustion engines to electric motors, some of these jobs are endangered, because significantly fewer parts are needed to build an electric drive. IG Metall therefore calls for retraining the redundant skilled workers in good time and helping suppliers to rebuild the business model with a special short-time allowance.
In addition, most battery cells for e-cars currently come from Asia. But batteries are the most valuable component of an e-car. Trade unionists have long been calling for the development of their own cell production in Germany. Several carmakers have now announced appropriate initiatives – lured by juicy subsidies from the federal government.
kle / qu (dpa, ard, afp)
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