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Price collapse in quota trading: How Ecoturn defies adverse circumstances
If you drive an electric car, you save CO2 compared to a combustion engine owner – and thanks to the THG quota, you can turn this saving into cash. However, the premiums have been in free fall for over a year, dropping from once over 400 euros to currently around 80 euros. For companies in certificate trading, this is a problem – including the Munich startup Ecoturn with its platform Elektrovorteil.de. In an interview, founder and CEO Marc Schubert explains what’s behind the price collapse, how his startup has held up in the changed market environment, and what the future should bring.
Ecoturn helps e-car drivers get their CO2 premium
Anyone who drives an e-car saves CO2 compared to a combustion engine owner – and since the beginning of this year has been able to turn these savings into money thanks to the GHG quota. The Munich-based startup Ecoturn helps consumers do exactly that with its Elektrovorteil.de platform. How exactly it works, what the GHG quota is all about, and why the biggest challenges come from the government side is explained by Marc Schubert, founder and CEO of Ecoturn, in this interview.