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Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro ($146 billion) economic recovery plan.
The move could provide a significant boost to electric vehicle demand along with the broader stimulus plan which included taxes to penalise ownership of large polluting combustion-engined sports utility vehicles and a 6,000 euro subsidy towards the cost of an electric vehicle.
Germany's announcement follows a French plan to boost electric car sales announced last week by President Macron.
"It's a very clear commitment to battery-powered vehicles and establishes electric mobility as a technology of the future," energy storage specialist The Mobility House, whose investors include Daimler (DAIGn.DE) and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, said.
"Internationally this puts Germany in the leading group of battery electric vehicle support."
As part of the government stimulus, 2.5 billion euros will be spent on battery cell production and charging infrastructure, a field where oil majors, utilities and carmakers, including Shell (RDSa.L), Engie (ENGIE.PA) and Tesla (TSLA.O), are vying for dominance.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday June 07 2020, @04:44PM
Sorry you got modded troll. I hate the mod system more and more each day. It ruins a perfectly stimulating discussion. Yes, AC's comment is a bit trollish, but so what? It made me think of a counter-argument:
Use petrol to run fuel cell in a hybrid system with enough batteries to provide higher amps for acceleration, hill climbs, etc., and a reasonable range on their own.
1.5 years ago a good friend bought a Chrysler Pacifica "plugin hybrid" for his wife. Plugin-in hybrid means it has batteries to run 60-80 miles, and a small but adequate gasoline engine if the batteries run down / long trips. They love the thing. Didn't need to put gasoline in it until about 6 months after buying it. Also, his main car is his now 2.4 year old Chevy Bolt, which had > 260 mile range. He loves it. It comes with a 'level 1' 120V 12 A charger, and he installed a 240 V 30 A 'level 2' charger they both use. He says the batteries still have 90% life in them.