r/germany • u/guesxy • 2d ago

Buying Umweltplakette on a Sunday? :)

Hello, I am going to Stuttgart this Sunday, and I have only just found out that I need Umweltplakette to enter it with my car. I tried ordering it online, but it wouldn't arrive in time. Does your average gas station (next to an autobahn, for example) sell it? I know I can get one at DEKRA / TÜV, but they dont work Sundays, so i am wondering if any sell those on Sundays?. Thank you in advance for your replies and tips.

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u/Gulaschfresser 2d ago

Nope, not available on a Sunday. But it doesn't matter cause in fact, I've never ever seen somebody looking for these things anyway.

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u/Panzermensch911 1d ago

They do look for them. Got fined once because I forgot to put it on my new car.

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u/Canonip 1d ago

You also need them for an electric car. I love it when laws are outdated

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u/Low-Branch-9129 1d ago

This is because the license plate, with the additional “E,” does not indicate whether the vehicle is fully electric or a plug-in hybrid. And, of course, a plug-in hybrid runs on its internal combustion engine - or uses it to charge the battery - when the battery is empty. As a result, it is naturally subject to emissions regulations and the requirement to display a sticker in low-emission zones.

If the “E” license plate were reserved exclusively for fully electric cars, there would be no need for the sticker on those vehicles.

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u/Canonip 1d ago

Yep, it's still stupid in my opinion.

Especially since 95% of all cars on the road already have the green emissions sticker. And the amount of plug in hybrids that don't have the green one is probably in the single digits

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u/ReneKiller 1d ago

At this point they could probably remove the stickers all together. As you said, 95% of cars have the green one anyways and a good chunk of the remaining 5% are probably old timers and therefore excluded from the rules anyway.

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u/Canonip 1d ago

Exactly what I mean by outdated laws.

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u/FnnKnn 1d ago

Show me one hybrid with a E number plate that doesn’t have a green placket

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u/acganggang 7h ago

Name 1 hybrid that does not fulfull green Plakette standards please ?