Germany鈥檚 coalition agreement could boost production of e-vans
A provision on financial support of commercially used electric vehicles in Germany鈥檚 coalition agreement could boost the production of e-vans, J眉rgen Pander writes on Spiegel Online. In the treaty that still hinges on the approval of the Social Democrats鈥� (SPD) party basis, the would-be governing parties SPD and Chancellor Angela Merkel鈥檚 conservative CDU/CSU alliance agreed to support commercially used e-cars with an asset write-down of 50 percent in the year of the purchase, Pander says. Commercial vehicle manufacturers like VW, Daimler, Ford or Iveco 鈥渉ave realised鈥� that small e-vans of up to 3.5 tonnes payload 鈥渄o not only make sense but are also demanded by many companies鈥�. For commercially used e-vans, the still limited range of electric cars is less of a problem than for many other cars since they usually drive less than 100 kilometres per day on predefined routes in inner cities and can be routinely charged in the company鈥檚 depot overnight, Pander argues. Researcher Lukas Minnich, of the Institute for Applied Ecology (脰办辞-滨苍蝉迟颈迟耻迟), adds that 鈥渢he greatest driver in demand for e-vans is the fear of looming driving bans for diesel cars in inner cities鈥�.
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See the 麻豆无码版 factsheet on Germany鈥檚 coalition agreement and the 麻豆无码版 dossier on Germany鈥檚 carmakers and the Energiewende for background.