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"The German government has agreed to spend three billion euros ($A5.3 billion)
on a new scheme to support electric mobility adoption among low- and
middle-income groups.
The scheme, which includes purchase and leasing support, should “open up” the
electric vehicle market for all, said vice chancellor and finance minister Lars
Klingbeil at a press conference in Berlin.
Sales of electric vehicles in Germany lag well behind earlier government plans
to bring the number of EVs on the road to 15 million by 2030.
An abrupt stop to purchase support in late 2023 due to financing difficulties
led to a sudden drop of EV sales, which have slightly recovered since. The high
average price of new electric vehicles is as a major obstacle to their mass
adoption, which so far are predominantly used by wealthier groups.
The parties already agreed the scheme, which will be finance through Germany’s
Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), in principle in October.
Klingbeil’s Social Democrats (SPD) and the Christian Democrats (CDU) of
chancellor Friedrich Merz finalised the scheme in the same meeting in which
they agreed to push for a weakening of the EU’s planned end to new combustion
engine vehicle registrations in 2035."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
