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On April 16, NOW GmbH published the “Manufacturer survey of electric passenger cars: market development and technology trends”.
Based on its survey, there will be a total of 16.6 million e-cars (BEV and PHEV) in 2030, of which 13.4 million will be fully electric cars. This would correspond to 34% of all registered p
On April 16, the Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Germany, and the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology signed a joint declaration of intent on dialogue and cooperation in the field of automated and connected driving between the Federal Republic of Germany and the People's Republic of Ch
On March 22, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) informed that the Federal Council had passed the 10th Federal Immission Control Ordinance and the Clean Vehicle Procurement Act. In the future, consumers will be able to use clean diesel fuels from exclusively renewable sources, such as HVO (hydroge
On March 13, the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (MIMIT) held its inaugural technical-administrative meeting with BMWK at the BMWK headquarters in Berlin, marking a significant step in advancing the Italian-German Action Plan for EU cooperation signed on November 22, 2023.
The meeting aimed to define the work
On March 11, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Germany (BMDV) announced that the Advisory Board of the National Charging Infrastructure Control Center handed over a roadmap for the introduction of bidirectional charging in Germany.
The roadmap is based on an analysis of the status quo and possible use c
On March 7, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia announced EUR 20 million funding for the construction of seven new public hydrogen filling stations for heavy commercial vehicles.
Of the 16 project applications that were received as part of a funding call last fall, seven project applications have now been approved.
On February 29, the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) announced that it is investing a further EUR 53.4 million in the procurement of buses with climate-friendly drives and the associated infrastructure. It presented funding certificates to 11 bus companies and 2 districts.
A further 186 new climate-fr
On February 23, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection announced that the amended Passenger Car Energy Consumption Labeling Ordinance (Pkw - EnVKV) came into force. It regulates how consumers must be informed by dealers and manufacturers about the technical and economic facts of a new car an
On February 20, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) announced that it has commissioned a study by the Fraunhofer Institute and the Center of Automotive Management to address Germany's goal of becoming an innovation hub for automated driving. The study focuses on challenges and meas
On February 9, Now GmbH announced that Autobahn GmbH had awarded the contract for some 1,000 fast-charging points. The points will be at 200 unmanaged motorway service areas. Autobahn GmbH awarded contracts to Fastned, E.ON, TotalEnergies, and Autostrom Nord bidding consortium.
The charging points for electric cars
Announced on January 26, 2024, President of the Federal Republic of Germany officially visit Thailand for the first time in 22 years.
During this official visit (January 24-26), the German President and the Thai Prime Minister have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in trade and investment, EV, circular econom
On January 8, the European Commission approved a EUR 902 million German measure to support Northvolt in the construction of a plant for the production of batteries for electric vehicles in the city of Heide, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan.
The plant will have an annual capacity of 60 GWh. This translates
On January 2, Toyota announced that it will be offering EUR 4,500 as an environmental bonus for customers who buy and register a new fully electric Toyota or Lexus vehicle by March 31, 2024.
Earlier in December 2023, Toyota offered a bonus to all customers for EVs until 31 December 2023, despite the expiration of the
On January 2, Mercedes Benz announced that it would extend its support for electromobility into 2024 despite the government ending the environmental bonus for fully electric vehicles (BEVs). For orders delivered by January 31, 2024, Mercedes-Benz will cover both the manufacturer's and the state's share of the environ
On December 21, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure announced that the first of more than 900 locations in the Germany network was inaugurated at the new Deutschlandnetz charging park in Düren, Germany.
At the charging park, there are currently four charging points available that have high pe
On December 19, Major German OEMs announced that they will extend their support for electric vehicles (BEVs) despite the expiration of the federal environmental bonus on December 18, 2023, from Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA).
For a specified period, OEMs will take over the previous state's shar
On December 18, the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) announced that as part of the negotiations on the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF), it was decided on December 13, 2023, to end support through the environmental bonus as soon as possible. Since December 18, 2023, no new applications for t
On December 13, the German Government announced, in the budget agreement, that it would allow the environmental bonus, i.e. the funding for e-mobiles, to expire and end earlier. It will also make cuts in some parts of the program, for example in the solar industry.
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
On November 30, EAS Batteries, IoLiTec Ionic Liquids Technologies, and three institutes at the Technical University of Braunschweig collaborated to develop sustainable and cost-efficient production processes for sodium ion battery cells. Sodium ion technology is intended to complement lithium-ion technology in the fu
On December 3, multiple sources reported that Northvolt will receive a EUR 564 million grant from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) for the construction of battery cell production facilities near Heide in Schleswig-Holstein. Northvolt will also receive EUR 136 million from the state of