Also attention for hydrogen stations
From the end of 2027, you must be able to find a charging station along European main roads at least every 60 kilometers. The EU is also paying attention to hydrogen. From 2027, a hydrogen filling point must be installed every 200 kilometers.
As early as October, the European Parliament approved a proposal to improve the European charging infrastructure, among other things. The plan states, among other things, that from the end of 2027, public charging stations must be installed along all European highways that are at a maximum distance of 60 kilometers from each other. The earlier plan stated that this should be the case from 2030. In addition, by the end of 2027, there must be a hydrogen filling point for gaseous hydrogen every 200 kilometers at the latest. In the initial proposal, a filling point for liquid hydrogen should also be installed every 400 kilometers, but we have not read anything about that at the moment. With hydrogen cars such as the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo, you fill up with hydrogen as a gas. Today, responsible ministers from the EU member states examined the plan and gave a final blow to the proposal. The plans are continuing.
What else is coming? New and renovated charging stations must be prepared for smart charging and paying at the post must be more accessible and more transparent. You should also be able to pay with your debit or credit card and the price calculation should be displayed more clearly. Charging stations should also have an emergency button that is directly connected to local emergency services.
Just like the ban on the sale of non-CO2-free passenger cars from 2035, the ‘charging station plan’ is part of the European Union’s Fit-for-55 package, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions in the EU. reduced by 55 percent by 2030.
Isn’t creating a decent charging infrastructure something you should leave to the market? We put that question to VVD MEP Caroline Nagtegaal, co-negotiator on the charging station dossier, in October. “When it comes to charging stations, there is serious lopsided growth in Europe. The Netherlands is leading the way and things are also improving in countries such as France and Germany, but things are slowing down in other countries. The proposed number of chargers is not optimal, but the minimum that is necessary,” Nagtegaal said at the time in conversation with AutoWeek. “The market must eventually pick this up, but at the same time we see that legislation helps.”
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