Switzerland ponders banning electric vehicles on energy

Switzerland is pondering a ban on using electric vehicles in the country in order to address winter’s energy crisis. The government has passed a proposal to brace itself for an energy crisis this winter.

But the country has not really put a ban on EVs as of yet, it has only developed emergency plans to prepare for an energy crisis this winter.

The ‘Ordinance on Restrictions and Prohibitions on the Use of Electric Energy’ serves as the foundation for several reports to the same meaning. At the moment, the ordinance is only a proposal that the Swiss Federal Council is preparing to adopt in preparation for a potential energy shortage in the country.

If the country faces an energy crisis, it outlines four stages of escalation. Only at the third level of escalation, the restrictions on e-mobility will become effective.
The proposal mentioned that “Private use of electric vehicles is permitted only for absolutely necessary journeys like exercising one’s profession, shopping, visiting the doctor, attending religious events, attending court appointments.