Germany at every gas station “electric” Preparing to put on. And if you’re a Tesla fan, now you have something else to be happy about. held in the past days IAA Mobility/Munich Motor ShowIn , German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany would pass a new law. This law will require 80% of all service stations to offer fast charging options for e-cars with a capacity of at least 150 kilowatts.
Germany, which already has 90,000 public charging stations, aims to reach one million by 2030. It is speculated that this will remove the pesky range anxiety that keeps people from going all-electric. This is a very logical step, especially as electric vehicles are getting more exciting day by day. And it’s even better than the one offered by the EU – a charging station every 60km.
For a nation that dreams of having 15 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2030, there’s still a long way to go. Their current number is around 1.2 million, but change is already accelerating and if the infrastructure can keep up, this goal is not difficult to achieve.
Remember Tesla’s feud with German gas giant Tank & Rest? For those who missed it, Tesla was at odds over the company’s nearly monopolistic control over Autobahn service stations. Essentially, Tank & Rest was holding the cards in deciding where to power up the chargers. However, with this new authorization, they may think that it will be more cost-effective to act with Tesla.
However, investing for the future may not be accepted or embraced by everyone. Despite Germany’s strides towards electromobility, some are dissatisfied. The environmental protests against the IAA Mobility show seemed a little out of place. After all, isn’t it all about launching cleaner mobility? Perhaps this irony did not escape Chancellor Scholz: “When you go around these stands and see the new technologies… it’s a little disturbing.” he said of some groups that were protesting against themselves.
The dominance of the Chinese EV industry at this year’s IAA Mobility fair did not impress Chancellor Scholz much. He expressed confidence in German automakers’ ability to rival Chinese technology, drawing parallels with past predictions that Japanese and Korean cars would dominate the market.
Many Chinese EVs are indeed offering better value for money right now, as the EV market is ahead of the curve. But since the transition to electric vehicles is still in its early stages, a lot will change between now and when we rid our roads of fossil fuels. Therefore, it is too early to make such predictions.