Germany to massively expand electric car charging network

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Germany wants to massively expand the country's charging network for electric cars, spending 6.3 billion euros (US$6.17 billion) over the next three years as it expects more and more drivers to turn away from combustion cars to more climate-friendly vehicles.

The country's transportation minister on Wednesday presented a “master plan” for improving the charging infrastructure that had been passed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz' cabinet earlier in the day.

There are around 70,000 charging points in the country but only 11,000 of those are fast-chargers, the ministry said. In order to boost the number of charging points, the federal government will, among other initiatives provide real estate, especially along highways, where new charging stations can be built. Private owners of electric cars will be offered subsidized plans to install solar energy panels at their homes to charge their cars overnight.

“We are expecting an exponential increase in registered vehicles with battery electric drive in the next few years and must prepare accordingly,” the minister said. Europe in general is leading the push into battery-powered cars as electric vehicles enter the mainstream and has promised to phase out internal combustion cars by 2035.

 

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And power them with....? This green nonsense never ends, won't end until we're all using pedal cars

Sure it’s gonna be a cold long winter.

As they tell people to reduce their electrical usage out of fear of outages.

nice and clean coal power. lol

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