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The entry into electromobility is subsidized by the taxpayer to such an enormous extent that one can wonder whether the federal government now has to throw the Tesla driver behind another 900 euros for their own charging station in the private carport.

But of all the questionable subsidies in the energy and transport transition, the wallbox subsidy is probably still one of the more sensible ones.

After all, the charging devices are infrastructure in the broadest sense, and it has always been the responsibility of the state to provide them.

Since private wall boxes for e-cars also directly relieve the burden on the public charging infrastructure, their funding may also be justified.

The cornucopia of government services will not be open forever

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The chicken-and-egg problem held up the traffic turnaround long enough: network operators didn't want to build charging stations as long as there were hardly any electric cars, and motorists didn't want to buy electric cars because there were hardly any charging points.

This brake block of the traffic turnaround has now been removed with a substantial grant.

While municipal utilities and electricity suppliers make advance payments with their investments in public charging stations, it is the finance minister for private house connections.

However, the new subsidy should not lead anyone to believe that the cornucopia of state services will remain open forever.

Solar system owners already expect to be completely exempt from all network charges and of course the EEG surcharge when they pump the kilowatt hours from their own roof into their electric car.

At first glance, this claim may seem justified, but it will not be satisfied when ten or even 14 million e-cars are on the road in a few years.

The rise in network costs, which is largely caused by electromobility, cannot rest on the shoulders of the less privileged because of its enormous size.

Everyone will have to contribute to the system costs of the energy and transport transition, including today's recipients of subsidies.

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