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ADAC expects rising electric vehicle registrations - reliable framework needed

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(dpa) This year, more electric cars could be newly registered on the road in Germany than in 2024, believes the ADAC. Reliable political framework conditions are important. Automotive expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer shares this view. Incentives alone would not be sufficient. People need to be shown that electric cars are desired.

 

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The framework must fit: The range of models under 25,000 euros is increasing, and the charging infrastructure is growing, according to the ADAC. Only the differences in charging current are still too large. | Photo: EnBW
The framework must fit: The range of models under 25,000 euros is increasing, and the charging infrastructure is growing, according to the ADAC. Only the differences in charging current are still too large. | Photo: EnBW
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The ADAC expects an increase in electric car registrations for the current year, as the pressure on manufacturers rises due to reduced CO2 fleet limits. Car buyers could likely benefit from higher discounts, the traffic club reported. The e-car boom in Germany came to an abrupt halt last year. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), only about 380,600 purely electric cars were newly registered in 2024. This was more than a quarter less than the previous year. To increase the attractiveness of e-mobility, cheaper models and affordable, transparent charging prices are crucial, emphasized the ADAC. The traffic club positively notes that some manufacturers have announced new entry-level models for this year under 25,000 euros.

“The range of models is growing, and the expansion of the charging infrastructure is also progressing,” said Stefan Gerwens, Head of Transport at the ADAC. In 2024, the number of charging points increased by over 20 percent, and even by almost 40 percent for fast chargers.

However, there are still significant differences and uncertainties in charging electricity prices. According to the ADAC, the outcome of the federal election at the end of February is also likely to be decisive.

“Reliable political framework conditions are indispensable for the ramp-up of e-mobility,” said Gerwens. Private buyers, given ongoing uncertainties, either postpone their purchasing decision or switch to combustion engines.

 
 

Industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer sees the E-car premium of 4,000 euros proposed by the CSU as a good suggestion, but not only for German products. "If we want electromobility, we must not exclude Chinese or French cars," Dudenhöffer told the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung." However, a general purchase premium should be combined with an overall strategy.

"People need to be shown that the electric car is desired in the long term and represents the new form of mobility. A 4,000-euro check alone is not enough."

Dudenhöffer criticized the demand of the Union's chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz to revoke the EU combustion engine ban.

“Overturning the combustion engine phase-out means telling people: Please do not buy electric cars!”

Overall, the founder of the private Center Automotive Research (CAR) had little good to say about the party plans for electric cars. The name Robert Habeck stands for the crash landing of the electric car in Germany. Now, the Green's chancellor candidate wants to save the whole thing with an idea copied from Tesla - with just a 1,000 euro charging credit and a highly complicated processing. The tax credit planned by the SPD for the purchase of an electric car is better than the “substance-less Habeck proposal,” but according to the expert's assessment, it will not change the course. “What matters is the price of the car at the dealership - hardly anyone knows the vehicle taxes.”

Translated automatically from German.
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