Volkswagen demands from the Federal Government a comprehensive catalog of measures to promote the electromobility, After all, the group has dedicated itself entirely to this topic.
March 19, 2019, 8:54 am,
Andreas Donath
Volkswagen ID: Range of 400 to 600 km
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Low-income earners should be financially supported in the purchase of an electric car, says Volkswagen. For them, the charge should be free of charge if their electric car has cost less than 20,000 euros. This is supposed to be in a confidential paper from VW that the South German newspaper according to own data. Volkswagen’s 23-page document makes demands on the policy of promoting electric cars that goes well beyond the electric car premium.
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Volkswagen describes in the paper that the currently existing sales promotion projects, infrastructure expansion plans and framework conditions are all inadequate to meet the transport climate targets in Europe. It lacks a common thread.
Volkswagen wants free charging for low-wage earners who buy an electric car under 20,000 euros. This should be realized by the federal government, the manufacturers and the electricity providers. In addition, the purchase of electric cars in the future should no longer be funded flat rate, but depending on vehicle size and range. Who buys smaller vehicles under 4 meters in length with up to 200 km range, should receive 5,000 euros. Who buys cars with more than 4.65 meters, receives only 2,000 euros. As the Süddeutsche Zeitung writes, this plan also attacked the competition at the same time as Tesla and BMW. Volkswagen wants the requirement of plug-in hybrids to be largely discontinued, which would also hit Daimler. In 2022, according to VW, the promotion should be dropped altogether. Subsidies should also be eliminated in the case of company car taxation. From 2023, the tax rate for plug-in hybrids is set to return to the level of normal gasoline and diesel vehicles.
Volkswagen also wants the charging infrastructure to be subsidized not more than 300 million but 600 million euros. For this purpose, a national registration of all charging points is mandatory. Against petrol and diesel vehicles will VW also proceed: Who zuparke an electric parking space, should be towed and punished.
Another barrier sees VW in the approval process for private charging infrastructure. Here process paths are to be accelerated and at supermarket parking lots at least 2 charging points are built.
According to a report of the world on Sunday, Volkswagen threatens, from the industry association VDA (German automotive industry) exit, The association does not represent Volkswagen properly, so the charge. Among other things, the VDA should move away from the strategy of technology openness that it has previously represented. VW wants the association in the future pushes the enforcement of electric cars. According to VW boss Herbert diess the members are to stop the development of fuel cells and gas drives, because this overburden the industry.
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