Germany plans to have one million of electric car sales by 2020, but so far it seems still far away destination for the country's motorists less like a quiet vehicle.
Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer also states that "the government does not see any reason to withdraw from the plan a million of electric car sales by 2020. First step is usually the hardest, but sales will increase rapidly."
Philippe Carin, Executive Chairman of PSA Peugeot Citroen, saying "it will be a gradual process over 10 years" to convince consumers to accept the first hybrid vehicle and plug in hybrid electric vehicles and finally 100 percent.
So far, the number of electric vehicles registered in Germany is only about 7,000, AFP reported.
Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to not worry about those statistics, said Monday in Berlin in international forums organized government, in which he insisted he was a believer in electric cars.
"Our plan is ambitious," he admitted about a million electric cars plans announced his government in 2009. "But we had a good chance to stick to the schedule."
Government has poured nearly $ 1.5 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) in subsidies for research and development of electric cars and are promoting the model by eliminating taxes regristasi first car for 10 years.
However, unlike France, Germany does not give bonus purchase electric vehicles.
Electric cars emit no exhaust pipe and can help clear the air in the crowded cities of the vehicle, while the carbon-exposed areas ultimately depends on the type of energy used for charging.
The problem so far is the price of the batteries are expensive, usually lithium-ion type, and a network of charging stations is limited, which makes the rider strike fear in the street because of a dead battery.
Following Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Merkel voiced ambitious energy transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear power to renewable energy such as wind, solar and biofuels.
Speaking on Monday, he said the impetus for electric cars will be disconnected with the plan, ensure that the power that drives an electric car produced clean energy sources, alternative.
He said the electric car will be the "core sector of our industrial production", where the automotive sector is one quarter German exports.
But so far the Germans, who used to step on the gas pedal at highway freeway famous, slow to accept electric cars.
In the first four months of this year, only about 1,500 electric cars registered, after a total of about 3,000 years ago. Also registered 65,000 hybrid vehicles with electric engines and fuel.
Henning Kagermann, Coordinator of the Platform for Electric Mobility evaluate electric car strategy, said the current conditions, 600,000 electric vehicles a more realistic figure for 2020.
"Electromobility is not making progress," said Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of automotive research center of the University of Duisburg-Essen.
He said, so far the market share of electric and hybrid cars is only 0.13 percent, calling it "less of a niche market to a niche".
But supporters say the explosion is imminent.
German car maker is planning to launch 15 models of electric cars by 2014, followed by step plan mass production before 2017.
Over the next three to four years, German industry set to invest around 12 billion euros to develop machines alternative fuels.
VW Chairman Martin Winterkorn - this year the company launched its new electric Golf - said over the weekend, the government should provide assistance to improve infrastructure, such as charging station networks and incentives such as track-only car-electric.
In a commentary in the newspaper Bild am Sonntag, he said the target was a realistic one million electric cars if the price falls along with mass production, adding: "I'm sure it will happens."
