In the coming years, quite a few charging points for EVs will have to be set up in Europe. That is what consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) and Eurelectric, the trade association for the European power sector, report in a joint report. By 2035, the aim is to have 65 million charging points in Europe, which should be able to charge the estimated 130 million EVs in the European vehicle fleet.
Of those 65 million charging points, about 85 percent will have to be installed at home, the report estimates. This means that about 10 million public charging points would be needed by 2035. According to the latest figures, there are now less than half a million. Halfway through last year it was clear that the distribution of the charging points is still quite skewed: at the time, no less than 30 percent of all charging points in the EU were located in the Netherlands. Eastern Europe in particular is lagging behind when it comes to charging infrastructure. But the pressure on public charging points is also increasing in the Netherlands.
The fact that the report was partly drawn up by the trade association for the European electricity sector, naturally requires a critical comment. Given the current trend in the car market, however, more charging stations do not seem a superfluous luxury. Last year the market share of electric cars in Europe rose to almost 10 percent. According to EY, there are currently nearly five million EVs on European roads and the consultancy estimates that number will double in the next five years. By 2030, the number of EVs will have increased to 65 million cars. The car manufacturers themselves have therefore already sounded the alarm: if the charging infrastructure is not expanded quickly, it will hinder the sale of EVs.
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