Prices for e-cars: Hamburg's left wants to cover charging current costs!

Prices for e-cars: Hamburg's left wants to cover charging current costs!

DIE Linke in the Hamburg Citizenship has requested an upper limit for electricity prices for electric car drivers. There is criticism of the current agreement of the Senate with private charging column operators, since no price upper limits were set in this context. In November 2023, a contract with five private companies was concluded, which should build a total of 2500 charging points in public space by mid -2027. The left argues that high charging electricity prices could deter potential buyers of electric cars.

The traffic policy spokeswoman for the left, Heike Sudmann, demands that the urban operator Henw Mobil should offer a cheap charging price for all Hamburgers. The city's goal is to increase the number of loading points in Hamburg to 7000 by mid -2027. At the end of 2022 there were around 1700 charging points that were operated by Henw. At least 1200 of the new charging points are to be built by Henw Mobil, while the remaining ones are to be built by the five private operators.

expansion of the charging infrastructure

The Senate has determined the schedule and the urban areas for the expansion of the charging infrastructure in the contracts with the concessionaires. Each of the five private companies is obliged to build 500 charging stations in 50 expansion areas, with a target of 100 per half of the year. In the event of delays, private operators threaten contractual penalties up to the termination. The plan for Henw Mobil provides for ambitious goals; At the end of 2023 there were already 772 charging stations that made a total of 1544 charging points possible. However, the expansion in 2022 only progressed by less than 200 charging points, which is why the pace must increase in order to get 7000 charging points by mid -2027.

The Federal Network Agency in Hamburg currently has 3236 publicly accessible charging points at the end of the year, which is an increase of 20 percent compared to the previous year. In addition, it is reported that Hamburg is now working with five private sector partners for the first time in order to implement additional charging points. By 2035, a total of 500 new charging points are to be built and operated in public space by these partners.

The planned charging infrastructure is based on three core columns: urban loading points in public space, loading points of private operators and publicly accessible charging points on private areas such as supermarkets and petrol stations. This comprehensive strategy aims to create a comprehensive, user -friendly and need -friendly charging infrastructure in Hamburg. Hamburg has the highest rate of electrically operated vehicles in Germany, with over 7 percent.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien