Charging as easy as fuelling - New masterplan

Charging should be as easy as refuelling - that is the goal of the German government. The cabinet has adopted a "Master Plan for Charging Infrastructure 2030". A central point: "When it comes to paying and billing, charging should not be more complicated than refueling."

At the moment, things often look different. "The tariff jungle is often opaque," criticizes the ADAC. Payment options are insufficient and a display of the prices per charging process is often missing. Gregor Kolbe of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations also believes that the insufficient transparency of public charging prices for e-car drivers is problematic.

The German federal government is now planning improvements. Various funding programmes are also planned, for example for the construction of charging facilities in apartment buildings. However, the implementation of all "financially effective measures" of the master plan depends on the budget situation. The federal government will have to save money in the coming years..

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