Funding
We regard charging infrastructure as a comprehensive system comprising both private and publicly accessible fast and normal charging options. We are improving this overall system in several fields simultaneously, including: A nationwide public fast-charging network for charging when undertaking longer journeys and in densely populated areas (see Deutschlandnetz) as well as funding for charging infrastructure privately at home, in the commercial sector and when in the public sphere for day-to-day use. Our next goal: Ensuring that the next fast-charging station can be reached by electric car within 10 minutes anywhere in Germany.
Funding overview
Information on the implementation status of the respective funding programmes can be found in the FundingMONITORING (FörderMONITORING).
Current funding offers and alternative financing options
Further funding opportunities at EU, federal and state level
Sustainable Mobility Investment Loan (KfW 268, 269)
- Further information is available from the KfW
Funding in implementation
(applications no longer possible)
Call for funding ‘Funding for non-publicly accessible fast-charging infrastructure for SMEs and large enterprises’
(non-publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
With the Electric Mobility Funding Guideline of 6 July 2023, the BMV is supporting the procurement of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure for passenger cars and trucks in the commercial sector for fleet vehicles belonging to skilled trades and commercial enterprises, transport and logistics companies, parcel services, taxi companies, rental car and car-sharing providers with high mileage and special requirements in terms of operational readiness.
Further information and documents
Eligibility
- Commercial enterprises and companies with public participation.
Funding conditions:
- Funding as partial financing:
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): 40%
- Large enterprises (LEs): 20%
- Maximum eligible expenditure per charging point depends on the charging capacity.
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Solar power for electric vehicles’ funding programme
(not publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
Within the scope of the ‘Solar power for electric vehicles’ funding programme (KfW 442), the BMV provided financial support for the combination of PV systems, storage units and charging stations on owner-occupied residential buildings.
Further information and documents
Eligibility
- Owners of owner-occupied residential buildings.
Funding conditions
- Investment grant of up to €10,200 for a charging station in combination with a PV system and a battery storage unit as a complete package, provided that the owner has their own electric car or has placed a binding order for one.
- Fix-rate amounts depending on the output of the PV system and the battery storage unit, fixed amounts for the charging station.
- Possible innovation bonus for bidirectional charging.
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Funding guideline ‘Charging stations for electric vehicles – companies and municipalities’
(not publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
With the ‘Non-publicly accessible charging stations for electric vehicles – companies and municipalities’ funding guideline, the BMV supported companies and municipalities in setting up charging infrastructure in car parks for employees and for electric vehicles in company or municipal fleets or for service vehicles.
Further information and documents
Eligibility
- Companies and municipalities
Funding conditions
- Funding was provided for the purchase and installation of non-publicly accessible stationary charging stations with a charging capacity of up to 22 kW, including the grid connection.
- A grant of up to 900 euros per charging point was awarded.
- Companies received a maximum of €45,000 per location.
- For local authorities, the minimum grant amount was €9,000 for a minimum of 10 charging points.
- The charging infrastructure had to be located at parking spaces on properties intended for commercial and municipal use or for parking employees’ vehicles.
- The funding was granted as de minimis aid.
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Funding guideline ‘Local charging infrastructure’
(publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
The BMV supported the development of publicly accessible charging infrastructure at busy locations such as retail outlets, restaurants and cultural facilities.
Further information and documents
Eligibility
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in accordance with ABL. EG L 124/36, local authorities and natural persons.
Funding conditions:
- 300 million euros in funding.
- Funding rate of up to 80% of investment costs (de minimis aid).
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Funding guideline for publicly accessible charging infrastructure (2021-2025)
(publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
The BMV has earmarked a total of €500 million for the expansion of public charging infrastructure between 2021 and 2025. Funding is awarded in individual calls for proposals in the form of investment grants.
Further information and documents
Funding conditions:
- Funding rates of up to 60% of investment costs.
- Eligible applicants: Legal entities and natural persons.
- Funding will be allocated based on a ranking according to economic efficiency and quota regions.
Most recent calls for funding:
- New construction of charging infrastructure (until 18 January 2022)
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- Funding for normal and fast charging points, including grid connection.
- Modernisation and upgrading of existing charging infrastructure (until 27 January 2022)
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- Funding for upgrading, replacement and opening to the public.
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Funding guideline ‘Charging stations for electric cars – residential buildings’
(non-publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
With the ‘Charging stations for electric cars – residential buildings’ funding guideline, the BMV enabled the promotion of privately used charging stations for house and apartment owners, tenants and landlords or letting companies.
Further information and documents
Under the BMV’s funding guideline for charging stations on residential buildings, around 700,000 non-public charging points were funded in the amount of more than 600 million euros until its implementation ended in October 2022.
Funding under the ‘Charging stations for electric cars – residential buildings’ funding guideline (BMV) is also being provided as part of the German Recovery and Resilience Plan (DARP – Deutscher Aufbau- und Resilienzplan) via the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) under the NextGenerationEU programme.
Funding guideline ‘Publicly accessible charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany’ (2017–2020)
(publicly accessible charging infrastructure)
In the ‘Publicly accessible charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany’ funding programme, the BMV provided a total of €300 million in six individual calls for submissions between 2017 and 2020 for the development of public charging infrastructure. This funding guideline was relaunched in 2021.
Further information and documents
The funding calls promoted the installation of new standard charging points with a capacity of up to 22 kW and fast charging points with a capacity of >22 kW, as well as the associated grid connection. From the third funding call onwards, modernisation measures and the upgrading of existing charging points or grid connections were also funded.
The funding programme is administered by the Federal Office for Administrative Services (BAV – Bundesanstalt für Verwaltungsdienstleistungen). Further information is available here.
Funding under the ‘Publicly accessible charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Germany’ funding guideline (2017–2020) (BMV) is also being provided as part of the German Recovery and Resilience Plan (DARP – Deutscher Aufbau- und Resilienzplan) via the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) under the NextGenerationEU programme.