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German carmakers Falter in Million Objective-electric meeting.
As Joachim Sander looking for a new car, he's thinking it might be time to go electric German Chancellor Angela Merkel will need the help of a computer consultant in Frankfurt - and many more like him - to keep his word.
Three years after Merkel said she wants to see 1 million cars powered by battery on German roads by 2020, there has been little progress only 7114 January 1 Germany 43 4 million passenger vehicles were Electrics Even adding hybrid electrically powered and conventional fuels brings the number just 72,109.
Our plans and projects are ambitious, but we have a good chance to fill, Merkel said at a government conference on electric vehicles in Berlin yesterday.
Skeptics say that even with German carmakers ready to present a series of Electrics, the country is unlikely to achieve the objective of Merkel An objective of 600,000 electrics and plug-in hybrids in Germany 2020 would be more realistic said Thomas Schlick, partner at Roland Berger consultancy.
After the hype politically we'll soon led TRACTION electric cars, there's some disappointment, Schlick said there won t be a sudden jump, but a gradual evolution, as with all new technologies .
Since pilots everywhere, the Germans have been slow to adopt Electrics cars can cost 10,000 euros 12,900 more than similar gasoline versions Charging takes time and is difficult for locals without garage, as buyers worry running out of power on the road and concerns about oil prices eased surges that new energy resources are exploited.
Consumers do not buy electric cars if they are reasonably priced and there is enough support infrastructure, Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for Transport, told the Berlin conference They do not yet feel confident enough to pass.
Roland Berger has reduced its global production forecast for electric and hybrid devices plug-in vehicles by 194,000, 1 1 million cars by 2015 Germany will account for 205,000 of these, making it the No. 3 producer the council says thanks to the plug-in version of the Prius and i-MiEV, Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Will be the leader Toyota Motor Corp. In the production of electric vehicles with 283,000 cars, followed by the US with 267,000 vehicles, according to the estimation.
Electric vehicles could become more mass market after 2020 Volkmar Denner, auto parts manufacturer chief Robert Bosch GmbH, said at the conference I think that by 2020, electric cars will have a range of at least 300 kilometers, he said it would be about double the current range of most Electrics.
German manufacturers are intensifying to do their part Daimler AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Volkswagen AG plan to introduce 16 new electric or hybrid models by the end of next year, compared to today, according Henning Kagermann, who oversees Merkel's electric vehicle initiative.
Guests will be spoiled for choice Kagermann, former CEO of SAP AG software company, said in a telephone interview.
Germany's currently only electric market is Daimler's Smart two-seater The company has delivered about 2,000 cars, made last year in a factory in France Stuttgart automaker plans to produce 6,000 of them in 2013 18910 euros for the car and 65 euros per month to rent the battery, the smart against most rivals undercuts.
People are willing to dig deep into their pockets to buy an electric, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said at the Berlin conference, but not too deep.
Next year Daimler expands its electric fleet with the van as B-Class And for those willing to dig deeper in their pockets, it expects to add the SLS AMG E-Cell, a wing supercar seagull 416500 euros with four electric motors that can propel 100 kilometers 62 miles per hour in 3 9 seconds.
Electrics sales in Germany, which represents a quarter of the European car market, has been slowed by a lack of types of incentives available in other countries In France, the government pays 7000 euros the cost of vehicles and 4000 battery-powered euros for hybrid car manufacturers sold 10,761 electricity in France - a market of 40 percent smaller than Germany's - since 2006, according to the CCFA, an industry group.
Germany is not planning incentives for direct purchase, according to Philipp Roesler, Minister of Economy and Technology The government chose instead to support research projects with more than 1 billion euros, Roesler said at the Berlin conference.
Renault and its Japanese partner, Nissan Motor Co invest 4 billion euros in Electrics Renault has the widest product range of any car brand, and sold more than 25,000 worldwide Electrics Both aim to provide from 1 5000000 2016.
Yet they, too, have faced setbacks provided Renault cars Better Place LLC, an Israeli company that built the stations that could change the batteries of electric vehicles within minutes Better Place filed a petition for the liquidation of a court Israel, May 26
At the end of this year, BMW plans to introduce its first electric i3, a city car with a lightweight carbon fiber body Next year the company plans to add a sportster plugin 100,000 euros called i8, powered by an electric motor on the front axle and an internal combustion engine with three cylinders at the rear.
Volkswagen, the largest carmaker began its offensive power in the fourth quarter with an electric version of its Up small car in Europe it will have a range of 150 kilometers, and weigh up to 200 kg 440 pounds more than the combustion engine variants A E -golf will follow next year, the company said.
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