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"BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to massively expand the country’s charging network
for electric cars, spending 6.3 billion euros ($6.17 billion) over the next
three years as it expects more and more drivers to turn away from combustion
cars to more climate-friendly vehicles.
The country’s transportation minister on Wednesday presented a “master plan”
for improving the charging infrastructure that had been passed by Chancellor
Olaf Scholz’ cabinet earlier in the day.
“We are not just any automotive location, but a leading one in the world. And
that’s why it’s important to us that what we’re preparing succeeds well,”
Volker Wissing told reporters in Berlin. “We need a forward-looking expansion
of the nationwide charging infrastructure that meets demand and is
user-friendly.”
The share of electric vehicles in Germany grew 24.8% year-on-year to a total
share of 14.6% of all newly registered automobiles, according to figures
released by the country’s Federal Office for Motor Vehicles.
There are around 70,000 charging points in the country but only 11,000 of those
are fast-chargers, the ministry said.
That is not enough to sufficiently fulfill the current needs, and it will be
even less so as the number of electric cars grows quickly. There is also a big
difference in availability of charging points between big cities and rural
areas, where it is even harder to find charging stations."
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Future Crunch Oct 28, 2022:
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