German authorities expect to bring Park EVs from up to 1 million units by 2020. To achieve this, the German government now plans to spend several billion euros to the appropriate research infrastructure and subsidies to car owners on electric.
As reported in Thursday newspaper Bild, Germany's cabinet, headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to make electric cars from taxes, which are currently subject to ordinary cars, for ten years. Cars for electric standing in Europe, as a rule, several thousand euros more expensive than cars with internal combustion engines, and the government expects that, if the tax rebate will be substantial buying electric becomes more attractive.
Merkel administration also intends to use a few thousand electric cars for public use and to double funding for research in this area, bringing the appropriate fund to € 1 billion by 2013.
Representatives from the automotive industry, in turn, said they were willing to invest in the development and production of electric vehicles from 13 to 17 billion euros from 2012 to 2014 under developed currently national program "electric mobility", and the government expect investments in those subsidies of 3.8 billion euros.
Meanwhile, German Economy Minister Rainer Bryuderle skeptical about buying electric stimulation and expressed concern that such action would adversely affect competition. "Competitive market – the best incentive for innovation and technological progress, particularly in the production of electric vehicles", quoted Minister German media.
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