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Environmental bonus/innovation bonus: funding of plug-in hybrids – Image: Xpert.Digital & Wit Olszewski|Shutterstock.com

From October 1, 2022, only plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) will be eligible for the environmental bonus if they have a purely electric range of at least 60 kilometers. As of January 1, 2024, the minimum range is to be increased to 80 kilometers. The previously additional criterion of maximum CO2 emissions of 50g/km will no longer apply. This emerges from a proposal from the Federal Ministry of Economics for the new funding guidelines.

The so-called environmental bonus is paid - for vehicles with a list price of up to 40,000 euros, with the innovation bonus it is now 9,000 euros for pure electric cars and fuel cell vehicles, and 6,750 euros for plug-in hybrids. For vehicles over 40,000 euros, the premium is 7,500 euros for purely electric cars and 5,625 euros for hybrid cars. Funding from the federal government only occurs if the manufacturers contribute their own share. The innovation bonus applies to vehicles registered from June 4, 2020. The environmental bonus is currently limited to December 31, 2021. However, an extension of the bonus is planned until the end of 2025.

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• Environmental bonus/innovation bonus: promotion of plug-in hybrids

Survey on business models in electromobility in Germany – Image: Xpert.Digital

Stadtwerke – Survey on business models in electromobility in Germany 2020

In 2020, 79 percent of respondents from energy supply companies stated that they operated public charging infrastructure in the area of ​​electromobility.

This emerged from a survey of 117 managing directors and board members of municipal utilities and energy supply companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

This question was asked in the survey as follows: “Is your company already active in the following business model in the area of ​​electromobility or is it planning to get involved in the next one to two years, at a later date or not at all?”

The question was only asked of respondents in whose company electromobility is of high or very high importance.

The business models in the area of ​​electromobility:

• Operation of public charging infrastructure
• Sales of charging power
• Sale and installation of private charging infrastructure
• Billing for electric charging current
• Operation of digital mobility platforms
• Mobility as a service
• Fleet management
• Marketing the storage capacity of electric vehicles

In which business models in the field of electromobility is your company active?

Already active today

• Operation of public charging infrastructure – 79%
• Sales of charging power – 78%
• Sales and installation of private charging infrastructure – 64%
• Billing for electric charging current – ​​59%
• Operation of digital mobility platforms – 20%
• Mobility as a Service – 12%
• Fleet management – ​​10%
• Marketing of the storage capacity of electric vehicles – 3%

Planned for the next one to two years

• Operation of public charging infrastructure – 7%
• Sales of charging power – 16%
• Sales and installation of private charging infrastructure – 13%
• Billing for electric charging current – ​​17%
• Operation of digital mobility platforms – 16%
• Mobility as a Service – 12%
• Fleet management – ​​9%
• Marketing the storage capacity of electric vehicles – 11%

Scheduled for a later date

• Operation of public charging infrastructure – 3%
• Sales of charging current – ​​2%
• Sales and installation of private charging infrastructure – 7%
• Billing for electric charging current – ​​0%
• Operation of digital mobility platforms – 12%
• Mobility as a Service – 9%
• Fleet management – ​​13%
• Marketing the storage capacity of electric vehicles – 34%

Not at all

• Operation of public charging infrastructure – 11%
• Sales of charging power – 4%
• Sales and installation of private charging infrastructure – 14%
• Billing for electric charging current – ​​21%
• Operation of digital mobility platforms – 49%
• Mobility as a Service – 63%
• Fleet management – ​​65%
• Marketing the storage capacity of electric vehicles – 50%

Don't know/not specified

• Operation of public charging infrastructure – 0%
• Sales of charging power – 0%
• Sales and installation of private charging infrastructure – 2%
• Billing for electric charging current – ​​3%
• Operation of digital mobility platforms – 3%
• Mobility as a Service – 4%
• Fleet management – ​​3%
• Marketing the storage capacity of electric vehicles – 2%

Survey on more intensive engagement with electromobility due to the e-premium - Image: Xpert.Digital

In September 2020, around 43 percent of those surveyed between the ages of 18 and 29 said they were engaging more intensively with electromobility because of the innovation bonus¹. Overall, around 29 percent of those surveyed were more intensively concerned with electromobility.

The source does not provide any precise information about the question. The wording chosen here may therefore differ slightly from the survey.

Are you working more intensively with electromobility because of the e-bonus (innovation bonus¹)?

• Total – 29%

• 18 to 29 years – 43%
• 30 to 39 years – 38%
• 40 to 49 years – 32%
• 50 to 59 years – 24%
• 60+ years – 23%

• Small town¹ – 27%
• Mittelstadt² – 30%
• Big city³ – 32%

¹ The innovation bonus includes funding rates for electric vehicles under 40,000 euros net list price up to 9,000 euros for a purely electric drive (battery electric or fuel cell vehicle) and up to 6,750 euros for an externally chargeable hybrid electric vehicle (plug-in hybrid).

² < 20,000 inhabitants

³ 20,000 to <100,000 inhabitants

⁴ 100,000 inhabitants +

EEWärmeG – Recognized renewable energies and replacement measures

Recognized renewable energies – Image: Xpert.Digital

The statistics show the renewable energies and replacement measures recognized by the EEWärmeG and the minimum proportions required for recognition. In order to comply 100% with the EEWärmeG, the heating of a building should come from at least 15 percent solar radiation energy. If the heating of a house is only 7.5% from solar energy instead of 15%, then the minimum share required by the EEWärmeG is only met to 50%. Renewable energies and replacement measures can be combined with and among each other in a variety of ways. It is important that the usage obligation specified in the EEWärmeG is at least 100% fulfilled overall.

Renewable energies and replacement measures recognized by the EEWärmeG with the respective minimum shares

• Solar Radiant Energy – 15%
• Gaseous biomass – 30%
• Liquid biomass – 50%
• Solid biomass – 50%
• Geothermal energy and environmental heat – 50%
• Systems for the use of waste heat – 50%
• CHP* systems – 50%
• Energy saving measures – -15%
• Local or district heating with a share of renewable energies; CHP*, waste heat – 100%

* CHP=combined heat and power. EEWärmeG stands for law for the promotion of renewable energies in the heating sector.

Release date: February 2011