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11/ 📄 The Weekly Report: https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.1001593.de/publikationen/weekly_reports/2026_09_1/electric_mobility_in_germany__untapped_potential.html
📊 Interactive and continuously updated graphs on the #OpenEnergyTracker: https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germany/emobility/

DIW Berlin: Electric Mobility in Germany: Untapped Potential

A rapid transition from combustion engines to electric vehicles is essential for climate protection in road transport. This report highlights current trends in electric mobility in Germany based on data from the Open Energy Tracker platform. Although new registrations of electric passenger cars and commercial vehicles have recently increased, overall, electric mobility is still developing slowly. Newly ...

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Wolf-Peter Schill Mar 4

🔌🚗 Electric mobility in Germany: Untapped Potential!

Electric mobility has been slow to take off, but there are positive trends. I summarize them in the new #DIW Berlin Weekly Report, based on data collected on the #OpenEnergyTracker. (English version of a report first published in 🇩🇪 in February)
https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.1001593.de/publikationen/weekly_reports/2026_09_1/electric_mobility_in_germany__untapped_potential.html
#electricvehicles #electrifyeverything #energytransition

DIW Berlin: Electric Mobility in Germany: Untapped Potential

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Wolf-Peter Schill Feb 11

11/ Der DIW Wochenbericht: https://doi.org/10.18723/diw_wb:2026-7-1
Homepage des Energiewende-Monitors: https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.997303.de/diw_energiewende-monitor.html
Noch mehr Daten auf dem #OpenEnergyTracker: https://openenergytracker.org/

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Wolf-Peter Schill Feb 11

10 🙏 Danke an Alex, Hemail und Nico für die Mitarbeit beim #OpenEnergyTracker, an Dennis und sein Team für die Homepage, Sebastian und die ganze WB-Redaktion für den super Prozess und an unsere Bibliothek für die CC-BY-Lizenz!

Wolf-Peter Schill Feb 4

1/🔌🚗 Elektromobilität in Deutschland: Mehr Tempo möglich!

Die Elektromobilität kam lange nicht so recht in Fahrt, aber in letzter Zeit gab es positive Nachrichten. Ich ordne die aktuellen Entwicklungen im aktuellen #DIW Wochenbericht auf Basis umfangreicher Daten ein, die wir regelmäßig auf dem #OpenEnergyTracker auswerten. Kleiner Thread 🔽

#Elektromobilität #Elektroauto #Pkw #Lkw #Ladeinfrastruktur #Kaufprämie

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Wolf-Peter Schill Feb 4

10/ Der #DIW Wochenbericht: https://doi.org/10.18723/diw_wb:2026-6-1
Kleines Interview dazu: https://doi.org/10.18723/diw_wb:2026-6-2
Interaktive Abbildungen auf dem #OpenEnergyTracker: https://openenergytracker.org/docs/germany/emobility/

Wolf-Peter Schill Jan 29

Regarding #Tesla: This is the development of Tesla's share in the German car market since 2023.

Find this graph and many more on electric mobility in Germany on the #OpenEnergyTracker https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germany/emobility/#battery-electric-passenger-cars

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Wolf-Peter Schill Jan 26

Was aus meiner Sicht ohnehin wichtiger wäre als Kaufprämien: dass endlich #Technologieklarheit herrscht und die Politik die Richtungsunsicherheit beendet. Stichwort #Verbrenneraus. Denn die Zukunft ist eindeutig batterieelektrisch.

Wir haben dann noch länger über die Einbindung von E-Autos in das Energiesystem gesprochen, das hat Spaß gemacht! Unter anderem über einen aktuellen Preprint aus dem #DIW Berlin zum Systemnutzen von schon geringen Flottenanteilen von V2G, mit meiner Kollegin Adeline Guéret als Erstautorin: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15284

Jederzeit aktuelle Daten zur Elektromobilität (Pkw, Nutzfahrzeuge, Ladeinfrastruktur) gibt's übrigens auf unserem #OpenEnergyTracker: https://openenergytracker.org/docs/germany/emobility/

A moderate share of V2G outperforms large-scale smart charging of electric vehicles and benefits other consumers

While battery electric vehicles (BEVs) play a key role for decarbonizing the transport sector, their impact on the power sector heavily depends on their charging strategies. Here we systematically analyze various combinations between inflexible, smart and bidirectional (or vehicle-to-grid, V2G) charging of 15 million electric cars in Germany. Using a capacity expansion model, we find that even a moderate share of bidirectional charging below 30% leads to lower system costs than a fully smartly charging BEV fleet. At a V2G share of 50%, costs are even lower than in a system without any BEVs. This means that the flexibility effect of half of the BEV fleet charging bidirectionally outweighs the demand effect of the whole BEV fleet. We show how costs savings are driven by the ability of V2G to serve demand, especially during hours with high residual load. We also explore the distributional effects of respective electricity price changes. While V2G car owners internalize a substantial share of overall cost savings, the benefits increasingly spill over to other electricity consumers as the share of bidirectional charging grows. We conclude that policymakers should focus on enabling a moderate fleet share of V2G rather than on enabling every car to charge smartly.

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Wolf-Peter Schill Jan 20

6/ Die Abbildung von oben (und noch sehr viele mehr) findet ihr in interaktiver Form auf dem #OpenEnergyTracker. Dort könnt ihr auch auf den Wasserstoff reinzoomen, wenn ihr mögt 🙃
https://openenergytracker.org/docs/germany/emobility/#sattelzugmaschinen

Elektromobilität - Open Energy Tracker

The Open Energy Tracker is a platform to track governmental goals of energy policies.

Wolf-Peter Schill Jan 16

Update on the German #Energiewende in the latest #DIW Weekly Report.

We show how it goes with #solar and #wind power, #heatpumps, #electricvehicles and electricity #storage and argue that policymakers should not slow down, but rather accelerate the pace, making use of favorable conditions.

https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.994742.de/publikationen/weekly_reports/2026_03_1/favorable_conditions_allow_accelerating_the_renewabe_energy_transition.html

Please note: this is an English translation of a German report that already appeared at the end of last year, so the data shown is not entirely up to date.

You can find more recent and permanently updated interactive graphs on the German energy transition on the
#OpenEnergyTracker: https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germany/

Based on the same data, @aroth, A. Guéret & F. Schmidt have recently also published this comment on the prospects of the German energy transition: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02919-5