The German government has now approved the country’s 2030 climate plan, first outlaid during the global climate strike initiated by the Fridays for Future movement. Activists call the package weak, yet it carries over measures for e-mobility at least.
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As controversial as Germany’s latest climate protection package may be, for e-mobility a golden age is dawning. After all, its promotion is at the heart of efforts to reduce emissions from the transport sector. An overview.
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Germany’s leading parties CDU and SPD continue their struggle to form a coalition government. Some progress has been made though on questions of electric transport, according to documents electrive.net has had access to.
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1 billion euros shall help to clear the air over Germany from diesel fumes but Tuesday’s diesel-summit revealed that it is not (just) the money that missing, it is the electric vehicles. And time is running out.
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“What is important is that the newest and best technology is used. We are in a transformation phase away from the combustion engine.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed off from diesel, a technology her government had long supported, but remained committed to the “efficient” combustion engine or hybrid during said transformation.
autonews.com
These rather astonishing numbers come from Analyst Alexander Haissl of Berenberg Bank located in Hamburg. He thus assumes that Tesla will “be given a near-monopolistic opportunity” to win EV market share.
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Toyota President Akio Toyoda, who has recently been appointed as new leader of the EV division, appears to feel some passion for his new role. He went on to liken Tesla cars to the iPhone and wishes to introduce similar connectivity – or attachment.
autoweek.com
Prospects for Germany to manage to put 1 million EVs on its roads by 2020 have in fact been looking bleak for some time now, but this is the first time Chancellor Angela Merkel would admit it.
autonews.com
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel at least admitted at the national electric vehicle conference currently underway in Berlin that Germany will have to consider further subsidies for electric cars and knows “what the government has to deliver.” Translation: We know no more than before.
faz.net, spiegel.de (both in German)
Nissan Europe’s electric vehicle boss Jean Pierre Diernaz could not have made his opinion on plug-ins any clearer. He believes EVs will be the way forward and that air quality will be a driving force in creating ‘ultra low emission zones.’
dailymail.co.uk
Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth says that lowering emission is priority for carmakers and he believes that with the next-generation of cheaper batteries that allow for more range, more customers will begin to accept electric cars.
autonews.com
German Chancellor Angela Merkel admits that there need to be more incentives for electric mobility, if Germany wants to reach its goal of bringing 1 million EVs on the road by 2020. So far, the goal still seems far out of reach.
bloomberg.com
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda is satisfied with his company’s win at the 2014 World Endurance Championship. Toyota is the first Japanese carmaker to take home the title since the series began in 1953.
autoevolution.com
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is the man behind a new plan that would rank vehicles by pollution and keep the dirtiest cars out of city centres (we reported). A move that should promote hybrid and electric cars in the country.
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“What is important is that the newest and best technology is used. We are in a transformation phase away from the combustion engine.”
“To contrast Tesla with even the most forward looking (manufacturers), we estimate Tesla will invest $32.7 billion over the next 5 years – roughly 40% more than Daimler and Volkswagen combined have committed for their EV projects.”
“The reason I am responsible for EVs as well is that I don’t want to make these cars a commodity. Even with the electrification of the vehicles, I want the prefix ‘I love’ to be affixed to those cars.”
“Plug-in hybrid is good technology, but it’s like being half pregnant. You either are or you are not.”
“Battery technology today is still too heavy, too expensive and the [power] density is too low. As we learned at school, there’s this correlation between mass and energy and as long as this is not favorable, even if you recuperate, this is an issue.”
“In France, we have long favoured the diesel engine. This was a mistake, and we will progressively undo that, intelligently and pragmatically.”