So far, one million e-vehicles have been registered in Germany. Altmaier speaks of a “decisive milestone”. But a lot still needs to be done in order to achieve the 2030 climate targets.
In Germany the threshold of one million electric vehicles has been exceeded.
With the new registrations in July, this number has been reached for plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles, said the Ministry of Transport, Environment and Economics. However, this not only includes cars, but also commercial vehicles and buses.
Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) spoke of a “decisive milestone”. “Our traffic will be irreversibly converted to renewable energies.” Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) emphasized: “Now we have to start all over again in order to fully exploit the potential of electromobility and actually achieve the climate targets by 2030.” According to Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU), 14 million electric vehicles will have to be on the roads by then.
According to the ministries, at 54 percent, slightly more than half of the million e-vehicles are purely electrically operated. 46 percent are plug-in hybrids.
The number of electric vehicles has not yet reached one million for cars. As of April 1, the number of battery-powered cars and plug-in hybrids in Germany was just under 715,000. Since then, according to figures from the Federal Motor Transport Authority, around 227,000 have been newly registered. The million electric cars are therefore likely to be reached in August or September. Even then they will still be clearly in the minority on the roads: As of April 1, there were 48.3 million cars in Germany, including a good 31 million petrol and 15 million diesel.
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