Conversion to climate -neutral vehicles: Berlin police and fire brigade continue to rely on burners

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Von: NAG Redaktion

Immer mehr Unternehmen und Privatpersonen setzen auf Elektrofahrzeuge, um einen Beitrag zum Klimaschutz zu leisten und die Umweltbelastung durch den Verkehr zu reduzieren. Doch wie sieht es bei den öffentlichen Institutionen aus, die tagtäglich im Einsatz sind? Eine Antwort darauf gibt die kürzlich veröffentlichte Antwort der Innenverwaltung auf eine parlamentarische Anfrage des Grünen-Abgeordneten Vasili Franco. Demnach setzen Polizei und Feuerwehr in Berlin immer noch überwiegend auf Verbrenner-Fahrzeuge. Von den insgesamt 2782 Fahrzeugen der Polizei stammen lediglich 27 Fahrzeuge aus dem Bereich Elektroantrieb, was einem Anteil von gerade einmal einem Prozent entspricht. Hinzu kommen noch zwei Wasserstoffautos. Bei 105 Fahrzeugen kommt …
More and more companies and private individuals are relying on electric vehicles to contribute to climate protection and reduce environmental impact on traffic. But what about public institutions that are in use every day? One answer to this is given by the recently published response from the interior administration to a parliamentary request from the Green MP Vasili Franco. Accordingly, the police and fire brigade in Berlin still mainly rely on combustion vehicles. Of the total of 2782 vehicles of the police, only 27 vehicles come from the electric drive area, which corresponds to a share of just one percent. There are also two hydrogen cars. With 105 vehicles ... (Symbolbild/MB)

More and more companies and private individuals are relying on electric vehicles to contribute to climate protection and reduce environmental pollution from traffic. But what about public institutions that are in use every day? One answer to this is given to the recent answer to the interior administration to a parliamentary request from the Green MP Vasili Franco.

Accordingly, the police and fire brigade in Berlin still mainly rely on combustion vehicles. Of the total of 2782 vehicles of the police, only 27 vehicles come from the electric drive area, which corresponds to a share of just one percent. There are also two hydrogen cars. A hybrid drive is used for 105 vehicles.

The proportion of emission -free vehicles is still very low for the Berlin fire brigade. Of the 962 motorized vehicles, only eleven electrical and four with hydrogen. This means that the proportion of emission -free vehicles is 1.6 percent. However, the interior management plans to increase this share to four percent by the end of 2024.

The new purchases of the two institutions also have a high proportion of combustion vehicles. Of the 195 police planned, 160 vehicles are pure combustion engineers. Only five vehicles drive electrically and 30 have a hybrid drive. The fire brigade is 83 of the 89 planned new vehicles and just six electrically operated.

These numbers raise the question of whether the desired conversion to a climate -neutral fleet can be implemented in the near future by 2030, as stated by law. Vasili Franco, spokesman for domestic politics of the Green Group, critically commented on slow progress and has so far referred to the conversion as "symbol policy".

Another problem represents the availability of electric vehicles for certain areas of responsibility of the two authorities. There are still special vehicles that cannot be equipped with an electric drive at all.

In order to support the use of electric vehicles, some charging stations have already been installed in Berlin. The fire brigade currently has 14 own charging points, while the police have 21 own charging stations. In the course of this year, another 34 charging stations for the police are to be added.

It becomes clear that the switch to a climate -neutral fleet at the police and fire brigade in Berlin still requires a lot of work. The availability of electric vehicles for specific tasks and needs of the two institutions is currently a challenge. Nevertheless, the objective of a largely emission -free fleet remains until 2030 to make a contribution to climate protection and to further reduce environmental impact on traffic.