“Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has today made it clear that the vehicle tax exemption for electric cars should be extended by 2035. This is a good, albeit long overdue signal-but it is not enough to stabilize the automotive industry and to secure jobs in the industry.
The Federal Government must now take all the necessary measures so that electromobility arrives in width. Above all, it has to take a look at medium and small incomes. This also includes tax depreciation for private individuals, a socially designed leasing model and promotion when buying used electric cars. The whole must be flanked with a faster expansion of the charging infrastructure and more price transparency on the charging station. Everything that helps to make the auto industry in Germany future -proof must now be implemented quickly and pragmatically so that good jobs are preserved and new ones are created.
At the same time, the Federal Government has to make employers responsible: it cannot be that the companies are now being relieved and at the same time reducing jobs or relocating abroad. ”