It is the Federal Government Charging Infrastructure Master Plan 2030, which is Germany’s national roadmap for expanding and improving EV charging infrastructure through 2030. It focues on shifting from simply increasing charger numbers to reliability, accessibility, affordability, transparency, and user experience. It contains 41 measures across five priorities:
- Increase EV charging demand and private investment.
- Accelerate charging infrastructure deployment and simplify permitting.
- Strengthen competition and improve charging-price transparency.
- Integrate charging infrastructure with the electricity grid and enable smart/bidirectional charging.
- Improve convenience, accessibility, cybersecurity, and overall user experience.
Its priority areas include (i) residential/apartment charging, workplaces, motorway fast charging, and charging for electric trucks and buses; (ii) grid capacity and faster grid connections; (iii) reduction of administrative barriers and make public land and suitable sites more readily available. The overall objective is to establish a reliable, competitive, user-friendly and scalable charging ecosystem capable of supporting widespread EV adoption by 2030.
