In the current electric car boom, German manufacturers see themselves clearly ahead across Europe. “The German automotive industry is already the European champion in electromobility,” said the President of the VDA, Hildegard Müller, of the German Press Agency .

With 600.000 new e-cars overtaken Chinese market They are leaders in the European market and have significantly increased their market share in the current year. “This is all the more remarkable since 600. 000 new electric cars in Europe has almost doubled the total number this year. Europe has even overtaken the Chinese e-market. And: Europe has 60 Percent more electric cars on the road than the USA, “said Müller. In the domestic market alone, the German manufacturers had their market share in the first three quarters of 50 percent to 66 Percent increased significantly.

The demand for E -Cars has recently risen significantly across Europe, also due to increased government purchase premiums, which are increasing demand in the midst of the Covid – 19 Pandemic. In October, the number of newly registered cars with electric or plug-in hybrid drives, according to figures from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), was almost 48. 000. This corresponds to a market share in the month of 17, 5 percent. For comparison: In January it was good 16. 000 Cars still have a market share of 6.7 percent. The federal government considers seven to ten million e-cars on German roads in Germany up to 2030 to be necessary to achieve climate protection goals.

The climate protection target is still a long way off However, car traffic is still a long way off from this target: Beginning 2020 were in the entire car fleet of 47, 7 (2019: 47, 1) million only 0.5 (0.3) percent battery-electric e-cars or plug-in hybrids. Experts see a need to catch up, especially in the charging network. The European manufacturer association Acea recently pointed out that the expansion of the charging infrastructure was not keeping pace with the rapidly growing demand for e-cars. “Now the expansion of the charging infrastructure has to follow suit. The municipalities are lagging behind considerably,” said Müller.

Also outside the German market the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) sees the German manufacturers in a leading position: In Western Europe, the market share is 46 Percent up, a third more than in the same month last year. This is particularly evident in Norway, where e-mobility is extremely advanced: “There, the share of e-cars in all new car sales rose to just under in the first eight months of the current year percent “, reported the VDA. “Every second electric car that is sold in Norway today comes from German suppliers.”

Greens like Tesla’s concept better The Green Bundestag member Oliver Krischer criticized, on the other hand, that at most VW had seriously accepted the challenge of e-mobility. “Daimler and BMW don’t even have adequate models on offer.” The politician sees the American electric car pioneer Tesla as a role model. “Tesla’s combination of long battery ranges and a reliable charging system is proving to be a recipe for success,” said Krischer in a statement. “The German auto industry has nothing like it.”

(fpi)