Now we just have to propose the inevitable comparison with Italy and once again it is very easy to be ironic. At the beginning of the year, our country was reaching (or was stopped) at 100,000 electric or hybrid cars on the roads, out of over 50 million cars on the road. In practice, we are 900,000 vehicles sold away from our German colleagues, even if the desire to improve exists, at least on paper. But, once again, it must be remembered that great accelerations will hardly be seen if a purchase incentive policy worthy of the name is not launched.
Altmaier himself has in fact recalled that much of the credit goes to the initiatives that the German government has launched in recent months to help buyers. These include discounts and promotions that cut up to 9,000 euros from the price of an electric car, once combined with the discounts already offered by the various car manufacturers. In addition, the German government itself has in fact forced most of the fossil fuel producers to set up new columns near petrol stations. This has increased the availability and visibility of the charging points, but also the safety of users (who often have doubts about the life of the batteries).
Given the excellent results achieved, the German government expects to reach 7-10 million electric cars on the road before the deadline already set at 2030. This forecast is based on the fact that demand has increased since the beginning of the year. of purchase incentives, so much so that in a few months they exceed all those of 2020 (for over 1 billion euros in total).