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E.ON's #V2G tariff in Germany, which works with the newest BMW EV and DC bidirectional home charger, is now accepting applications. As this is Germany, legal and tax clarity was needed on revenues from feeding energy back into the grid: V2G is 'Liebhaberei'. [The simple translation from German is: 'It's a hobby.' However, we could also call it a love affair, which might be mo…

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Heeft iemand een kopietje van t artikel van Renske Leijten voor me? Ik heb geen zin om mn browser te vervuilen met die website van Nijmans. 🙄
(Serieus ... Ik kom daar niet.)

Vraag één is toch: wat heeft het VS-recht überhoupt te zeggen over de handelingen van een burger van een ander land ìn een ander land?
Wie zijn de hoofdpersonen in de rechtszaak tegen Nicolšs Maduro?
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/01/06/bui-v

In its home market Germany 🇩🇪 , the Volkswagen ID.3 is now cheaper to buy than the Golf (€29,330 vs €29,365).
Lower operating costs and more features. Is the nostalgia of a generation holding back the breakthrough?
https://www.electrive.net/2026/01/07/vw-bi

VW bietet bis zu 5.000 Euro „ID.-Kaufprämie“ - electrive.net
Volkswagen hat mit der „ID.-Kaufprämie“ eine neue Rabattaktion für seine Elektromodelle in Deutschland aufgelegt. Beim ID.3, ID.4 und ID.5 gibt es 4.000 Euro

🇫🇷 France has introduced a subsidy scheme for electric farm machinery, including 🚜 tractors and other equipment.
https://agirpourlatransition.ademe.fr/entreprises/aides-financieres/catalogue/2025/engins-agr…

Großwärmepumpen are heating up Germany: capacity is expected to increase 6x by 2030.
Rivers and sea are increasingly being used as a heat source. The cost of heat pumps appears to be proportional to their size.
These and other findings from a new study:
https://www.

“The key reason, the ECIU says, lies in how British households use smart meters and flexible electricity tariffs. While petrol prices are broadly similar in both countries, UK electric car drivers can charge their cars overnight using cheap, surplus electricity at rates as low as 7p per kWh.”
https://www.

It’s cheaper to run an EV in the UK than it is in Germany
British electric car drivers are saving £540 more on running costs than their German counterparts

The Kia EV9 and the Hyundai IONIQ 9 are the two (enormous) cars that will be the first in the group to be used with a #V2G service. This will be launched in the Netherlands before being expanded to other markets and models (hopefully including more friendly ones).

Hyundai Motor Group Expands EV Energy Services with Vehicle to Grid and Vehicle to Home
Hyundai Motor and Kia expand Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services, enabling electric vehicles (EVs) to store, supply and share electricity with grids and homes

France is aiming to increase the number of shared cars fivefold in five years: from 14,000 now to around 70,000 in 2031.
Both station-based and free-floating, within companies, urban and rural.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/autopart

Autopartage : le gouvernement vise un objectif de 70.000 véhicules d'ici 2031
Le gouvernement a fixé jeudi un nouvel objectif pour développer l'autopartage en France afin de réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre du...

The year starts with a new competition case re. public EV charging prices in Italy. The competition authority has decided to conduct a further investigation into A2A Mobility, as prices charged to others were higher than in their own app.
https://www.agcm.it/pubblicazioni/bolletti<…