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Germany Sees 14 Million Electric Vehicles on Its Roads by 2030

  • Expectation driven by surging sales of cars with incentives
  • Development expected to give boost to power demand in Germany
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Germany expects to have 14 million electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles on its roads by 2030 as Europe’s biggest economy attempts to comply with increasingly stringent emissions rules.

The forecast is at least 40% higher than a previous estimate thanks to a recent surge in EV sales, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Tuesday. Germany expected to have about 1 million such cars on its roads this month.