Source: Energy & Management Powernews, May 16, 2022
The expansion of the charging infrastructure in Bavaria is again getting a cash injection. This time it's the turn of the non-public charging stations in businesses and municipalities.
The gap between electric vehicles and charging infrastructure is currently widening. According to a study of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) comes nationwide on average a public charging point on 23 electric vehicles (we reported). In rural areas, the supply rate is often worse than in cities, according to KfW. Nationwide, 56% of the 4,000 representative respondents cite a lack of charging options as an obstacle to the purchase of an electric vehicle.
Not least for this reason, there is still a high need for funding for the expansion of the charging network. The individual federal states have the option of supplementing the federal funding program of the Federal Ministry of Transport through their own state programs to promote charging infrastructure. In the state of Bavaria, for example, the funding guideline "Publicly accessible charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Bavaria 2.0" was launched on November 1 last year. On May 11, the funding guideline "Non-publicly accessible charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Bavaria" has now come into force.
The funding for charging in the commercial sector sees State Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger (Free Voters) as a further building block in the support of electromobility in the Free State. This should now also make it easier for Bavarian companies and municipalities to switch to climate-friendly mobility. About two-thirds of all new passenger car registrations are used commercially or are company vehicles, Aiwanger said. "Therefore we invest this year five million euro into the development of the load infrastructure for municipalities and enterprises."
Also the loading of official vehicles with the employed ones at home would be supported thereby. "Increasingly, employees also have their e-cars available for private use," the minister explained. Also charging points for electric vehicles at tourist enterprises in Bavaria belonged to the "object of promotion."
From the beginning of June, applications can be made for the new promotion, according to a statement from the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy. Details and further information on the new funding guideline "Non-public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Bavaria" is available on the website of the Electromobility Competence Center at Bayern Innovativ GmbH.
Author: Davina Spohn