“In the short term it is difficult to bring alternative offs in the market,” VDA President Matthias Wissmann said the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (Saturday). However, he expects that mineral medium and long term “scarcer and more expensive” will. Therefore, it requires extensive investments in order to help the electric car to break through.
“We have to pave the way to achieve a breakthrough of electric mobility,” Wissmann said. “Federal, state and local authorities should bring themselves to a wide procurement initiative and invest in charging stations and electric cars. The private energy is required here. “Over the next two years there should be a doubling of public charging infrastructure then 8000 stations.
The industry magazine” Car Week “Wissmann said, the policy must alternate in the interest of its climate targets sustained support drives. “The possibilities for this are manifold. This ranges from a special depreciation for business users – company car and fleet are finally open doors for electric mobility -. To procurement initiatives of the government “
The number of electric cars in Germany is still low. In the year 2014 8522 electric cars were newly registered as the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) announced on Wednesday in Flensburg. In addition, 27,435 hybrid cars that are powered by both electric motor and a conventional internal combustion engine. For comparison: A total of 3.04 million cars in the past year were newly registered
Meanwhile, growing in the industry, the concern with the future technology of “autonomous driving” in Germany to fall behind.. Without liberal rules on local roads threaten a locational disadvantage, said Audi -Entwicklungsvorstand Ulrich Hackenberg, the magazine “Business Week”. “Since our ministries must act. Otherwise, we go in this country afterwards. “
Self-propelled cars were a central theme of only just finished art exhibition CES in Las Vegas. Audi was there a car “autonomous” drive about 900 kilometers from Silicon Valley to Las Vegas. Daimler also presented at CES his vision for a self-propelled car of the future. The silver Mercedes prototype took to the stage after a tour of the desert and the hotel-mile of the gambling city.
Hackenberg assumes that other countries are ahead of Germany regulations adopt autonomous driving. “Some countries will adopt the necessary legislation quickly, such as the US and China.” Because vehicles on public roads could be tested in California, Nevada and Florida, have Audi currently focuses its developer for autonomous driving in the United States.
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