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The third part of our Client Briefing takes a look at the developments in the field of e-mobility, which is an essential pillar of the EU’s and Germany’s strategy to address the climate change.
Despite the important role of e-mobility, the legislators do not consider themselves to be in a position to force the phase-out of "petrol/diesel" directly. Instead, the transition shall result from the automotive industry's incentives and the customers' buying intention. In order to promote this, a large number of accompanying measures have been launched, such as financial incentives to buy, obligations to develop a nationwide charging infrastructure and improvements to the role of charging point operators. In Germany, for example, the target is to register seven to ten million electric vehicles by 2030.
A uniform definition for "electric vehicles" does not yet exist. At European level, for example, it is stated that an "electric vehicle" is "a motor vehicle equipped with a power train containing at least one non-peripheral electric machine as energy converter with an electric rechargeable energy storage system, which can be recharged externally"; whereas at national level it is stated that an "electrically powered vehicle" is a "pure battery electric vehicle, an externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicle or a fuel cell vehicle".
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This is part 3 of a five-part Client Briefing series:
Part 1: Germany: COVID-19 - Update Energy Law - Renewable Energies
Part 2: Germany: COVID-19 - Update Energy Law - Hydrogen
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