The FDP has not succeeded in writing the goal of openness to technology in the coalition agreement.
This shows the political preference for battery-electric motors as the drive of the future.
What that means is clear to the designated Federal Minister of Transport, Volker Wissing, who is already hurrying to assure himself that mobility must remain affordable and must not become a luxury good; people can rely on that.
Well, we'll measure him against it.
But a transport minister is a transport minister. The topic will not stay there, but will also catch up with Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck on jobs and open up to Olaf Scholz in the Chancellery on the question of social justice. It is not for nothing that the by no means self-sustaining market will be kept going for years with subsidies. The electric car supplies the explosive as standard.
We presented the new electric Mégane, the counterpart to the VW ID.3, and therefore the Golf class of the future. The manufacturer Renault let it be known that the cost level of a comparable model with a combustion engine is now within reach. Of course, calculated at the electricity price in France, i.e. 16 cents per kWh. In Germany, twice as much is required. If we put the consumption including charge loss at 22 kWh, which is nicely calculated, the Golf class drives in France for 3.50 euros per hundred kilometers, in Germany for 7 euros.
This would bring in the surcharge that flows from the account at the time of purchase.
36,000 euros for an electrician are compared to around 29,000 euros for a combustion engine.
Cheaper offers for smaller budgets are to be looked for with a magnifying glass until further notice.
The transformation accelerated in this way will keep Wissing, Habeck and Scholz very busy.
So do the auto bosses.