the Federal Finance Minister, Olaf Scholz (SPD) supports the demands of the auto industry for a stronger promotion for electric cars. “I think it’s industry is politically important that we expand our currently until 2021 limited funding programs for battery electric vehicles and Plug-in Hybrids on the whole of the next decade,” he said of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. In the past week had met Scholz with Volkswagen chief, Herbert Diess, whose group had called for a stronger support.
Scholz referred to the stricter emission values for cars and trucks by 2030. “The German car companies have taken billion-dollar investment decisions in favour of E-mobility and Plug-In hybrids. We need to accompany with an Expansion of the charging infrastructure and tax measures.“ In addition, Scholz wants to impose in the promotion of a rising electric mileage in the vehicles.
tax advantages there are, so far, for example, in the case of the private use of an electric car as a service car. The Federal government had expanded the promotion last. This expires at the end of 2021.
In contrast to VW, Scholz does not want to promote but only battery-powered electric cars, but also those which have an additional combustion engine. “At the same time, you should require a rising electric mileage in the case of the vehicles,” said Scholz.
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Volkswagen van had demanded in mid-March known strategy paper, among other things, for small electric 5000 Euro of state subsidy. That VW wanted to but hybrid cars worse, triggered a conflict with BMW and Daimler. The two manufacturers rely so far mostly on Hybrid. The verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) is calling for an increase in the state purchase of the premium for electric cars to 4000 Euro. (AFP,dpa)