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Impending power outages: Federal Network Agency wants to restrict charging of electric cars

2023-01-16T14:46:07.339Z


Impending power outages: Federal Network Agency wants to restrict charging of electric cars Created: 01/16/2023 15:37 By: Johannes Nuss Because e-cars threaten to overload the power grid, the Federal Network Agency wants to limit e-car owners when charging. Heat pumps cause trouble too. Bonn – E-cars and heat pumps should actually make a significant contribution to the fight against climate ch


Impending power outages: Federal Network Agency wants to restrict charging of electric cars

Created: 01/16/2023 15:37

By: Johannes Nuss

Because e-cars threaten to overload the power grid, the Federal Network Agency wants to limit e-car owners when charging.

Heat pumps cause trouble too.

Bonn – E-cars and heat pumps should actually make a significant contribution to the fight against climate change.

But now the celebrated saviors are becoming a threat to the infrastructure and could overload the power grid.

Klaus Müller, head of the Federal Network Agency in Bonn, warns consumers of this, as reported by

kreiszeitung.de

.

Impending power outages: Federal Network Agency wants to restrict charging of electric cars

"If so many new heat pumps and charging stations continue to be installed, then local power failures in the distribution network are to be feared if we don't act," said Müller of the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper

.

According to the report, he is said to have already been commissioned by Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) to deal with this problem.

Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) is said to have already commissioned the head of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, to solve the problem.

© Soeren Stache/dpa/Archive

It is said that the Federal Network Agency should even consider restricting the charging of electric cars.

According to the report, there could be a time limit on the use of charging stations.

But Müller doesn't want to know anything about a complete curtailment for e-cars.

"We want to guarantee a minimum supply at all times," said the head of the Federal Network Agency.

Impending power outages: Federal Network Agency wants to restrict charging of electric cars

In concrete terms, this could mean that households will only be provided with electricity for charging electric cars for three hours a day.

According to the report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper, this contingent should then be sufficient for a range of around 50 kilometers.

The draft paper specifies January 1, 2024 as the start date.

Strong criticism comes from the automotive industry.

"If charging at home were only possible to a limited extent, there would be a significant loss of convenience," says Hildegard Müller, President of the Association of the Automotive Industry.

It's even more blatant in Switzerland: A driving ban for e-cars is being discussed there.

Source: merkur

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