Car manufacturers raise the alarm about charging stations: “8.8 million are needed in Europe”

The electric car market is experiencing a period of profound reflection: sales are growing, as is obvious for an expanding technology but with absolute numbers that are still very small. But so far – observers say – there has not been the overwhelming wave that could have been expected. Yet, even at this rate, there is a problem of lack of “petrol” for new cars.

This is reported by a study by Acea, the European association of car manufacturers, according to which “between 2017 and 2023, sales of electric cars in the EU grew three times faster than the installation of charging points. perspective the EU will need eight times that number per year by 2030”.

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Acea believes that the EU Commission’s objective of reaching 3.5 million charging points installed by 2030 is insufficient: manufacturers will need 8.8 million: “To achieve this figure it would be necessary to install 1.2 million charging points per year (or more than 22,000 per week)”. General manager Sigrid de Vries is crystal clear: “To achieve the ambitious European objectives for reducing Co2 emissions, the mass adoption of electric cars is necessary in all Countries. This will not happen without widespread availability of public charging infrastructure across the region.”

Last year, we read in the research, a total of 150 thousand public charging points were installed in the EU. At the end of 2023, there were just over 632 thousand charging points in the Old Continent. A figure that is too low, which if compared with that of China becomes alarming. In the Land of the Dragon in 2022, according to the study, there were 1.8 million electrical sockets for vehicles, far more than the 1.3 million installed in the rest of the world. Next came the USA where – according to data from May 2023 – there were just over 18 thousand charging stations.

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The ranking of EU countries

If we look at the individual member countries, the ACEA study first of all highlights one fact: 61% of European charging points are concentrated in just three states: the Netherlands, Germany and France. The five countries with the highest number of charging stations are, in order: the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and Italy. While at the bottom of the ranking we find Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Cyprus and Malta. However, the size of the country and its population must be taken into account. Thus, based on the data of charging points per 1,000 inhabitants the podium changes. The Netherlands continues to lead, followed by Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden. However, if you look at the number of sockets for electric cars every ten kilometers of road, Sweden leaves the top five and Portugal enters.

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According to the study of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers “there is a strong correlation between the availability of public charging points and sales of electric vehicles (Battery Electric Vehicles). The list of the top five countries with the highest BEV sales is broadly similar to that of the countries with the highest number of charging stations: Germany, France, the Netherlands and Italy are present in both rankings.” “The speed of Charging – we read in the document – is another important problem across the continent, as fast charging points (with a capacity greater than 22 kW) represent a fraction of the EU total. Only one charger in seven (13.5%) is capable of fast charging.”