struggling in the domestic market one reason is there are too few places to charge the cars francis schneider electric is a global leader in charging stations but sales in the german market pale compared to other european markets. when it comes to the infrastructure for electric charging other european markets are easier than the german market is they simply don't have the same regulations the german market is particularly complicated for us. right now there are only 5600000 electric cars in the world. that's a small fraction of the 1400000000 combustion engine cars around the planet. but the share of electric vehicles is growing rapidly. many countries have already decided which way they want to go. the registration of combustion engine car. as in cities in china and india will be bombed in 10 years' time the us britain and france are not planning to follow until 2014 striking behind will be germany 2015. if nothing changes then most electric vehicles on german roads will be asian made german vehicle manufacturers risk falling behind the move to emo belittling. and being overtaken by the competition.