Allocative significance of coverage effects frequently gets neglected in the debate on public charging infrastructure (CI)
- A »guarantee« for electric vehicle users of available public CI has the potential to considerably reduce transaction costs
- Public CI can reduce costs of electric vehicles
- Public CI can consequently have an effect analogous to monetary incentives
Semi-public CI can be an effective partial substitute for public CI
- Efficient development without state incentives/requirements questionable
- Semi-public CI can significantly reduce transaction costs
- Requirements relating to the development of semi-public CI will, from a systems perspective, also be accompanied by inefficiencies
Central funding instruments can/ought to be worthwhile and should be linked to requirements relating to (marketing and other) standards
- Against the backdrop of public CI’s option benefit, centrally established development incentives for local authorities/operators working in their areas ought to make sense
- With a view to limiting transaction costs (especially in sales), linking with requirements in relation to marketing and other standards should be considered
During the R & D stage, the public authorities should keep structural options open and generate knowledge
- Due to still high levels of uncertainty/more advantageous technologies and concepts, lock-in effects should be avoided
- The process of reaching decisions on establishing standardisation/regulation rules and subsidy/incentive rules in a few years time should be prepared now
Funding Code
03KP5004