Germany cannot afford protracted planning and approval procedures for new power lines, heavy-haulage, wind farms, refueling and charging infrastructure, and the refurbishment of dilapidated bridges, waterways, or railways, and must speed up the construction and expansion of infrastructure. To achieve this, long-term funding must be secured.

Charging and refueling infrastructure should, as a general rule, be provided on a self-financing basis. During the current market ramp-up phase, the need for funding should be assessed separately for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, depending on technological maturity, and maintained with the aim of achieving profitability in the near future. To ensure needs-based, nationwide, and proactive deployment, improved framework conditions are needed in addition to a targeted continuation of funding for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The focus should be on increasing the availability of green energy and land, as well as on removing bureaucratic hurdles—particularly with regard to a simplified, faster application and allocation process for grid connections, reducing the complexity of funding programs, and establishing stable framework conditions for charging infrastructure operation—for example, to avoid retrofitting costs. It is also important to harness the potential of sector coupling through smart and bidirectional charging of electric vehicles.

ഠ overdue | ◔ in planning | ◑ in the political decision-making process | ◕ in implementation | ⬤ implemented | ഠ ◔ ◑ ◕ ⬤ Insufficient design from the BDI’s perspective

Status | Lead Agency | Instrument

⬤ | BMV | Planning and approval procedures
Accelerate and simplify planning and approval procedures for all transportation infrastructure (road, rail, and waterways)

◕ | Federal Chancellery | Planning and approval
Conclude and implement the Germany Pact

ഠ | BMF | Transportation
Ensure long-term infrastructure funding, multi-year financing for the maintenance and needs-based expansion of transportation infrastructure

◕ | BMUV | Charging Infrastructure Master Plan II
| Swiftly implement the Charging Infrastructure Master Plan II with investment-friendly, stable framework conditions

◑ | BMV + States + Municipalities | Charging and Refueling
Infrastructure | Make land available for charging and refueling infrastructure

◑ | BMV | Charging Infrastructure
Promote the expansion of charging infrastructure in an unbureaucratic manner by adapting funding guidelines

◕ | BMV | Charging Infrastructure for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
| Ensure the development of publicly accessible charging infrastructure through rapid tendering of the initial network and sufficient funding

◑ | BMV | Charging Infrastructure for Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicles
| Support the expansion of a supplementary charging infrastructure (public: e.g., truck stops; operational: e.g., depot charging) alongside the initial network through funding programs, particularly for grid connection costs

◑ | BMV | Fueling Infrastructure
Develop hydrogen (H2) refueling infrastructure proactively and in line with demand for passenger cars and commercial vehicles by presenting an overarching concept and updating funding programs

◑ | BMV | AFIR
Align targets for charging and refueling infrastructure with the requirements of CO2 fleet regulations and bring forward reviews of AFIR and CO2 fleet regulations—with the exception of trailers

◑ | BMV | AFIR
Ambitiously implement the EU-wide expansion of charging and refueling infrastructure through the adjustment options provided by the AFIR review clause and through co-funding by member states

◑ | BMV + BMWK | Sector coupling
Develop a roadmap to realize the potential of sector coupling through smart and bidirectional charging of electric vehicles