Germany orders all fuel stations to provide electric charging points

Germany is not just boosting subsidies to improve public interest in electric vehicles, it’s also pushing infrastructure improvements too. Last night, Reuters reports that the German government has asked all petrol and diesel filling stations to also offer electric vehicle charging. The move comes as part of the country’s €130 billion ($146 billion) economics recovery plan. [Read: Germany to give citizens up to $10K towards a new electric car — doubling its subsidy] According to BDEW, Germany’s association for the energy and water industry, the country had more than 27,700 EV charging points as of March. However, for electric vehicles…

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