The German government has promoted electric cars and introduced a series of supportive policies

In recent years, the German government has been trying to promote electric cars and has introduced a series of supportive policies. Chancellor Angela merkel is even more ambitious, saying that Germany will have 1 million electric cars by 2020.

But things are not going as well as expected, and the public doesn't seem to like it. According to statistics, until the beginning of 2018, there is still a long way from the target of 1 million electric cars, with only 60,000 electric cars in Germany.

However, in order to achieve the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 40% by 2020, some German cities will introduce new policies to ban diesel cars and accelerate the promotion of electric vehicles from the beginning of this year.

First affected city is Stuttgart, in addition to being in southwest Germany baden-wurttemberg state capital, there is another layer of Stuttgart, Germany, the famous auto city, the city has a well-known automobile enterprises daimler-benz, Robert Bosch, the world's largest auto parts enterprises and the world's largest porsche sports car enterprises. While details are still being worked out by the local government, the ban will be limited to the inner city and high pollution levels. So the government is determined to promote electric cars.

Germany is ramping up the rollout of electric cars amid pressure to cut emissions, while the charging market is booming.

One of the main reasons German electric cars are not getting on the road fast enough is a lag in the construction of charging stations. To that end, the German government plans to build 15,000 charging stations across the country. Moreover, the government will allocate 300 million euros from 2017 to 2020 to support the construction of charging stations.

"It's going to be a multi-billion dollar market," said FrankMuhlon, head of ABB's ev charging unit. This means that charging stations, as the key infrastructure to promote the development of electric vehicles, will usher in new market growth.

In the "e-world" energy exhibition held in Essen, Germany in early February, many exhibitors have exhibited technologies related to charging piles and expanded new business models, and even saw the presence of exhibitors from China.

Everyone seems to be very optimistic about the future business prospects of German charging stations and hopes to have a place in the German market that is about to explode.

Rising market

In Europe, Nordic countries such as Norway and Denmark have led the push for electric cars. As more electric cars hit the road, they are also suffering from a relative lag in the development of charging stations. In Germany, the infrastructure bottleneck is even more severe.

To this end, the German government has introduced a 300 million euro government subsidy program to promote the construction of charging stations in Germany.

This policy has also accelerated the rise of the charging station market. Vattenfall, one of the four major power companies that invest in charging stations, has previously made a statement in support of electric vehicles, with plans to install 400 to 800 new public charging stations in the New Year and expand them nationwide. The company operates just 110 charging stations, all in Hamburg and Berlin, handelsblatt reported.

Vattenfall is not an isolated case. Subsidy schemes are working. Several other big utilities are preparing to install thousands of charging stations.

"I am confident that many of our member companies will soon submit applications," said StefanKapferer, managing director of the German energy and water industry association. The number of charging stations could more than double in just a few months.

GunterNissen, manager of Vattenfall's electric vehicle division, said the new subsidy model reduces investment risk and "increases operators' willingness to invest".

Innogy, the market leader with 4,000 charging stations in Germany, wants to use the subsidy scheme to expand its market leadership. "Innogy will apply to build a large number of charging stations nationwide," a spokesman said. "we hope to significantly increase the number of installed charging stations." In other words, the market leader alone could add thousands of new charging stations.

At the same time, some companies are willing to develop powerful technologies to speed up the charging times of electric cars. EnBW, which already operates 800 charging stations, plans to use the subsidies explicitly for this purpose. Along with service station operator Tank&Rast, EnBW hopes to install 234 quick charging stations with two charging piles at 117 service areas in southwestern Germany. EnBW currently operates 68 quick charging stations in the service area, and the number of charging stations is 136.

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