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Germany aiming for one million electric vehicles by 2020
"The German federal government wants to take strong measures towards electric and hybrid vehicles in the next ten years. The goal is to put one million EV and PHEV onto Germany’s roads by 2020", according to a press release of the German federal government.
The announcement came at a "German national strategy conference held in Berlin earlier this week [end of November, MiM] to put up for discussion the German EV development plan. The plan which has jointly been drafted by four departments of the government, Economics, Transport, Environment, and Education & Research shall be finalized and put into legislation early next year.
"In his keynote speech, the German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel announced, "Germany shall become a lead market for electric mobility". His colleague, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, added, "By proving electricity from renewable sources for transport, we can succeed in creating sustainable and climate friendly mobility for the future."
Dagmar Wöhrl, Undersecretary of state with the Ecomomics department, pointed out the opportunity to gain economic independence from oil imports, and Thomas Rachel, representing the Economics and Research department drew attention the chances for strengthening Germany in the domain of battery research and production.
"Referring to tax breaks in France and the US, Matthias Wissmann, the president of the German Association of Automakers (VDA) said that "A broad introduction of electric mobility requires providing incentives that promote a change of the power train technique and that make the additional cost of the battery acceptable to the buyer."
"600 participants, mostly executives from German automakers, suppliers, utilities, research institutions, and NGOs, attended the conference which had been organized by VDI/VDE-IT.
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