Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 13:04 .

German Electric Vehicle Market Faces Struggles Amid High Costs, Reduced Subsidies, and Infrastructure Challenges

The speaker reflects on the progress and challenges in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) over recent years, particularly in Germany. Despite initial optimism likened to becoming superheroes with ambitious government targets of 15 million EVs by 2030, various issues have surfaced. The current media reports suggest a decline in adoption rates and rising problems such as high costs for German-made EVs, sudden cuts in subsidies affecting demand significantly especially within commercial fleets, and increasing electricity prices at public stations despite overall drops elsewhere. Additionally, infrastructure development remains slow; simple tasks like installing smart meters can take up to nine months due to bureaucratic delays. There’s a call for smarter investments rather than simply expanding grid capacity massively. Electrification is deemed essential to meet climate goals but requires immediate action across all levels: scope one emissions (company vehicles and buildings), while longer-term efforts are needed for scopes two and three emissions. Passenger cars remain crucial given their significant contribution to EU traffic emissions. For meaningful benefits from EVs charged with green energy versus conventional fuel sources, strategic planning around charging infrastructure—favoring home or work setups over public highway chargers—is vital. Ultimately, achieving these objectives demands not only swift actions but also precise forecasting of impactful results.

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Speaker

Florian Lüft
Head of Business Development
Univers
France

Talk of session: Unlocking Sustainable E-Mobility: Redefining Charging Infrastructure

Be involved in an exciting session on the future of sustainable e-mobility. We will explore the key role of charging infrastructure and its contribution to a greener future. Learn from research experts and industry leaders how battery size affects power consumption and convenience, and why we need smaller cars and more charging stations. Session topics include smart charging for a greener and cheaper grid, empowering sustainability with battery storage, AI revolutionizing fleet energy usage, and charging event optimization.The aim of this session is to provide an overview of measures to make e-mobility more sustainable when it comes to charging infrastructure and to initiate discussions between participants that will continue throughout the conference. Don't miss your chance to shape the e-mobility charging landscape of tomorrow!

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome & Introduction

Speaker

Marie Rajon Bernard
Researcher
ICCT (International Council on Clean Transportation)
Germany

To Talk

Battery Size Versus Fast Charging - Key Insights From Our Electric Vehicle Simulation Analysis

Speaker

Carolina Rodrigues Poupinha
Associate Researcher
ICCT (International Council on Clean Transportation)
Germany

To Talk

Speaker Introduction

Speaker

Marie Rajon Bernard
Researcher
ICCT (International Council on Clean Transportation)
Germany

To Talk

Sustainability Benefits of Smart Charging : Exploring Solar Truck Charging in India

Speaker

Dr. Julia Hildermeier
Senior Associate EU
Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
Belgium

To Talk

Impact of Charging Infrastructures Reduced - How to Deal With the Power Demands?

Speaker

Uwe Augustat
Head of Vertical Solutions
Siemens AG
Germany

To Talk

Q&A

To Talk

Closing Remarks

Speaker

Marie Rajon Bernard
Researcher
ICCT (International Council on Clean Transportation)
Germany

To Talk

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