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> The government has budgeted over all €600 million for electric car purchasing subsidies until 2019 and another €300 million for building electric car-charging
by denzil_correa 10y ago
> The government has budgeted over all €600 million for electric car purchasing subsidies until 2019 and another €300 million for building electric car-charging stations in cities and highways.
It would be interesting to see how the 300€ M would be spent on electric car-charging stations. Would it cater to certain brands of cars? Would it lead to issues with "standards" for charging? That would give out the true intentions of this subsidy.
- Huppie 10y agoThere are already a few common standards (at least here in Europe.) For public charging station almost every manufacturer uses the TYPE2 (MENNEKES) plug, the actual charger is built into the car. For fast-charging there's the CHADEMO standard (japanese) which a lot of electric cars use and the newer 'European' Combo-plug (an extension to the TYPE2 plug) that is currently in-use by the BMW i3. In The Netherlands (where I live) a company called FastNed is building a fast-charging network on the highways, they offer TYPE2 (for cars not having fast-charging support,) COMBO, and CHADEMO and usually also have a conversion plug for Tesla cars so you can also charge them there. I hope part of this subsidy allows companies like them to get stations along the German highways as well.