Bundesverband Elektromobiliät is insolvent
The central lobby organization of the German electromobility industry has gone bankrupt. The exact reasons behind this are unclear.
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The electric car industry is experiencing turbulent times – The German Electric Mobility Association (Bundesverband Elektromobilität, BEM) has not been spared. As was announced on Friday, the association, which claims to have around 450 members, has filed for insolvency. The circumstances are unclear; there has recently been some personnel turbulence.
According to the announcement by the Berlin-Charlottenburg insolvency court on May 23, the Berlin lawyer Joachim Voigt-Salus has already been appointed insolvency administrator. According to the BEM, the association's members include car and two-wheeler manufacturers, suppliers, charging station manufacturers and law firms. The BEM also had a parliamentary advisory board with members of the German and European parliaments.
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Dispute was followed by expulsion
Nothing is yet known about the circumstances of the insolvency. The BEM itself has yet to comment on the matter. Around a year and a half ago, a dispute within the then three-member board became public. It also concerned the use of financial resources and the implementation of the association's own BEM Academy GmbH.
In a letter to all members, former association president Kurt Sigl made clear his differing ideas from those of his fellow board members Christian Heep and Markus Emmert, who were still in office. In spring 2024, the association finally parted ways with Sigl, who had co-founded the association in 2009, without replacing him.
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