Germany expandend electric car charging network

Germany wants to massively expand the country’s charging network for electric cars, spending 6.3 billion euros ($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.

There is also a big difference in availability of charging points between big cities and rural areas, where it is even harder to find charging stations. The German government’s goal is to have 1 million publicly accessible charging points in the country by 2030.

Another issue the government wants to tackle is getting the country’s electric grid ready for the increased demand as more people turn to electric cars. The transformation to electric cars has also been boosted by a mix of regulatory pressure, tax breaks, improving battery range, and a wider range of vehicles to purchase.

“We are not just any automotive location, but a leading one in the world. And that’s why it’s important to us that what we’re preparing succeeds well. We need a forward-looking expansion of the nationwide charging infrastructure that meets demand and is user-friendly.” said Volker Wissing, country’s transportation Minister.

“Electric charging is also supposed to get more user-friendly with new digital offers showing drivers where they can charge their cars on the road or being able to check online how much the different charging points demand” said the Minister.

“Not only is there an insufficient number of electric charging points along the road networks in most European Union countries, but the vast majority of these do not charge quickly enough,”  said the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association._AP news

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