German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during an event at the 2023 Munich Auto Show IAA Mobility, in Munich, Germany, September 5, 2023.
The expansion will make range anxiety a thing of the past for EV drivers, he added.
Europe's biggest economy has only 90,000 public charging points but is targeting 1 million by 2030 to boost EV take-up.
Addressing the protests, Scholz said at the end of his tour: "Protests are part of public and democratic debate ... but it is a little anachronistic.
On competition from China in EV production, Scholz said: "Competition should spur us on, not scare us.
Persons:
Olaf Scholz, Leonhard Simon, Scholz, Victoria Waldersee, Andreas Rinke, Jan Schwartz, Friederike Heine, Sarah Marsh, Miranda Murray, David Goodman
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, IAA, EV, Sporting, BMW, Mercedes, Benz, HK, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Munich, Germany, Rights MUNICH, Europe, China, Japanese, Korea