More and more electric cars are driving on Germany’s roads. Economics Minister Altmaier is now announcing that a self-set milestone has been reached. But with a delay.
Germany is also ahead of a round mark in the expansion of electromobility because of the billions in purchase premiums.
“We will achieve our goal of one million electric cars by 2020, which everyone thought was unattainable, this July, with only six months delay,” said Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) the “Tagesspiegel” (Friday). In the first half of 2021, with a total of 1.25 billion euros, more premiums were used than in the whole of last year. There will be record funding for electric cars this year.
The subsidized cars are therefore roughly half purely electric vehicles and the other half so-called plug-in hybrids. Since the start of the environmental bonus, over 530,000 vehicles have been funded and around 2.1 billion euros in funding have been paid out. As part of the Corona economic stimulus program, funding was significantly increased. For electric vehicles that cost less than 40,000 euros net list price, the maximum funding amount is now 9,000 euros, for hybrid cars it is 6750 euros.
“Overall, the bonus helped many people to opt for an electric car,” said Altmaier. The further goal of seven to ten million electric cars on German roads by 2030 could even be exceeded. The change to individual, but climate-friendly mobility is slowly becoming anchored in general awareness, and there is also a push for innovation from companies.
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