Overview
- The eight‑member coalition, which went public Monday, urged Berlin to end national measurement and calibration rules for public chargers and to quickly transpose the EU’s updated Measurement Instrument Directive.
- The groups say officials assumed about 6,000 annual re‑calibrations, but real needs exceed 45,000 once repairs and cable theft are counted, which they argue drives costs and long outages, so they seek cable‑swap exemptions, sampling checks, and lighter rules for software updates.
- Germany’s economy ministry has circulated a draft to reorganize charging‑station law, a step the associations say should align national practice with the EU directive adopted in February.
- On Wednesday, a LichtBlick analysis reported dominant local operators with average 72% shares and cases like Hannover at 95% and Wiesbaden at 94%, warning that such power raises costs for rivals through roaming fees and exclusive THG‑quota revenue.
- Conflicting usage data deepen planning tensions, with BDEW’s time‑based utilization near 12% in 2025 contrasting with Cirrantic’s roughly 50% jump in charging sessions and stronger DC fast‑charger throughput.