BDEW E-Mobility Monitor: Expansion Top - Registrations and Usage Flop
The German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) has published the third edition of the BDEW Electromobility Monitor, reporting a record increase in charging station installations alongside stagnating electric vehicle registrations. The analysis covers the first three quarters of 2023. After a strong first half of the year, new registrations of fully battery-electric vehicles returned to last year’s level in September. Following a peak of 86,649 registered electric vehicles in August, which is attributed to an anticipated effect of the environmental bonus, the registration numbers in September are back to 32,000 vehicles.
However, the expansion of public charging infrastructure continues to set records: As of October 1, 113,112 public charging points with a total installed charging capacity of 5.2 gigawatts (GW) are available to e-mobilists. This represents an increase of a good 30 percent in the number of charging points and an increase of a good 40 percent in charging capacity since the beginning of the year. According to the association, the charging capacity available to users far exceeds the EU's target value: According to the EU, 1.3 kW of installed charging capacity per battery-electric vehicle and 0.8 kW per plug-in hybrid are specified.
| Graphic: BDEW
| Graphic: BDEW
| Graphic: BDEW
| Graphic: BDEW
| Graphic: BDEW
| Graphic: BDEW
| Graphic: BDEW
Twice as Much Charging Capacity Installed in Germany as Required
For the electric cars currently on Germany's roads, this results in a need of 2.23 GW. This means that today, more than twice as much charging capacity is installed in Germany as required by European regulations. The charging offer is also well received by customers, summarizes the association. According to a survey among electric car drivers, the majority (62 percent) think: Charging is better than refueling. 24 percent see no difference, and only 11 percent find refueling better than charging. In addition to the rapid expansion, the good, user-oriented coverage also contributes to this. This is also evident with regard to the municipalities where no public charging point is installed today: These have an average of only 1,100 inhabitants each, so they are so-called rural communities where charging usually takes place at one's own wallbox. For comparison: On average, a municipality has 7,000 inhabitants.
“It is important that we also get more momentum in the market for new registrations again so that we can achieve the climate target in the transport sector and ensure that Germany continues to play a leading role in electromobility. For this, we mainly need more car offers that are affordable for many citizens,” explains Kerstin Andreae, Chairwoman of the BDEW Executive Board.
The state can only partially compensate for this with the environmental bonus. Therefore, the federal government primarily needs a strategy to achieve the goal of 15 million electric cars by 2030. Especially after the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling on November 15, new ways need to be explored beyond subsidies to set the right incentives.
Translated automatically from German."Nevertheless, the effort is worth it because if we fail to meet the climate targets in the transportation sector, it will become expensive: If we miss the targets in the transportation sector, Germany will have to buy pollution rights at the EU level. That can quickly run into billions. These costs should be avoided by ensuring today that the share of electric cars grows faster," further cautions Andreae.
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