Electric vehicle goal needs a boost

LETTERS: As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, industries are beginning to prepare for a recession. In March last year, vehicle sales in Germany fell 37.7 per cent, but the new electric vehicle (EV) market grew 33.3 per cent. With the growth in EV markets and the new budgets, Germany seeks to double that goal, and the prospect looks promising. Its finance minister, Olaf Scholz, said the aim was to bring the country out of an economic crisis with an exploding German EV market. During the introduction of the new Climate Plan at the end of last year, Centre for Automotive Research director Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer had estimated that five million pure electric and hybrid EV registrations by 2030 would be a feasible goal. EV incentives have been extended or added to achieve this.