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E-Mobility | Germany increases incen-tives for investments in nationwide charging infrastructure

22 February 2017

With its "Support Guideline Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles in Germany" dated 15 February 2017, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur) has launched a program for the granting of subsidies amounting to EUR 300 million. Its aim is to take account of the EU law obligation to install an appropriate number of publicly accessible charging points by the end of 2020. Already last year, the German legislator issued important regulatory requirements.

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