Germany:Industry pays half of the E-car premiumOn paper, the...

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Germany:Industry pays half of the E-car premium

On paper, the federal government hadalready done everything: More billion-dollar premiums for electric cars and alonger duration of the program. At the "car summit" in theChancellery, VW now agrees that the industry takes over half ofthe additional costs.

Added: “Volkswagen began mass production of its ID.3 electric car.Starting in 2021, the company plans to build only electric cars at its factoryin the eastern town of Zwickau — as many as 330,000 electric cars eachyear.”

https://www.dw.com/en/german-government-expands-subsidies-for-electric-cars/a-51113225

With higher purchase premiums for e-carsand a more rapid development of the charging infrastructure, politics and the carindustry want to promote electro mobility in Germany. "We now need the mass effectiveness of the mobility of tomorrow," said Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer of the CSU after a "car summit" in the Chancellery. It is now about speeding and making e-cars suitable for everyday use.

It was agreed that the purchase premium for e-vehicles should be significantly increased and extended. This is to be made possible to promote another 650,000 to700,000 electric vehicles, as the federal government announced. The premium introduced more than three years ago is currently limited until the end of 2020 and is now scheduled to run until the end of 2025. The federal government and the auto industry want to take over the same costs. Over the next two years, an additional 50,000 public charging points will be built, of which the industry will take over 15,000.

Billionsinvested in E-Model

Although new registrations of e-cars arerising, but still at a low level. The automakers want to bring in the coming months and years numerous e-cars on the market,even in the mass market. To create climate targets for 2030, seven to ten million electric cars in Germany will be necessary until then, as emerges from a "master plancharging infrastructure" of the Federal Government.

The Federal Government announced after themeeting, the purchase premium should be extended and increased in November - and that by 50 percent for e-vehicles up to a net list price of 40,000 euros and 25 percent for more expensive vehicles up to a limit of 65,000euros. The industry would continue to participate equally in the cost of the grant, it said.

6000 Euro purchase price

Specifically, the premium for pure electric cars below a list price of 40,000 euros from currently 4,000 euros to 6,000 ncrease for plug-in hybrids. Thefederal government and industry each contributed 600 million euros to the existing purchase premium.

EV cars – list price	Hybrid cars – list price	Previous subsidy	Δ %	Proposed subsidy
EVs < €40,000		€4,000	50%	€6,000
EVs > €40,000		€4,000	25%	€5,000
Hybrid vehicles	?	€3,000	50%	€4,500
Any EV car or Hybrid > €60,000		0.0		0.0

It was also agreed to accelerate the construction of charging stations for electric cars. First, 50,000 new charging stations are to be created in Germany by 2022, as Lower Saxony's PM Stephan Weil of the SPD said. The automotive industry will contribute 15,000 public charging points. "That's good, that's a step forward," said Weil, who sits on the VW board. He does not hide the fact that you could have set the goals higher. The automotive industry is facing "very decisive years," said Weil. It had to be possible to get a technology change in such a way that above all the customers took part.

Added: “The target is for 50,000 publicly accessible charging stationsnationwide by 2022, compared to 21,000 today. That figure is far short of the1 million electric car charge points Merkelhas said she wants across the country by 2030 ”

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VDA:"Good package"

The president of the VDA, Bernhard Mattes,spoke of a "good package", which was laced at the summit. This is afurther step forward to the "mobility of the future". It also goes to the upheaval of the industry to secure employment.

The federal government plans to invest morethan €3 billion in the expansion of the charging infrastructure in the comingyears. In addition, the construction of private charging points should bepromoted more strongly. In tenancy and condominium rights, there should berelief.

Itwas also about jobs

Chancellor Angela Merkel was joined byseveral federal ministers and prime ministers, as well as Mattes and the bossesof automobile manufacturers, suppliers and trade unions.

Other topics at the "Car Summit"were autonomous and networked driving and the future of jobs in the industry.As the Federal Government announced, it wants to examine whether the instruments of short-time work must be "retightened or adjusted".Central topics in the transformation of the industry are also qualification and training.

The auto industry is currently in the midst of fundamental change. On the one hand, the industry must invest billions in new technologies such as e-mobility, also to be able to comply with stricter EU regulations. On the other hand, the earnings situation has worsened for many companies due to the downturn in the global car markets. So far, this has mainly affected suppliers, there is short-time work and announcements of job cuts.