The ACEA report shows that electric car sales in the EU will grow three times faster than the installation of charging points between 2017 and 2023. According to industry estimates, the EU will need eight times more charging points every year by 2030.
“We need mass-market adoption of electric cars in all EU countries to achieve Europe’s ambitious CO2-reduction targets. This will not happen without widespread availability of public charging infrastructure right across the region,” stated ACEA’s Director General, Sigrid de Vries.
Just over 150,000 public charging points were installed last year across the EU (less than 3,000 per week on average), reaching a total of over 630,000.
According to the European Commission, 3.5 million charging points should be installed by 2030. Reaching this target would mean installing around 410,000 public charging points per year (or nearly 8,000 per week) – almost three times the latest annual installation rate.
However, the ACEA estimates that 8.8 million charging points will be needed by 2030. To achieve this, 1.2 million charging points would need to be installed per year (or over 22,000 per week) - eight times the current annual installation rate.
“We are very concerned that infrastructure rollout has not kept pace with battery-electric car sales in recent years. What is more, this ‘infrastructure gap’ risks widening in the future – to a much greater extent than European Commission estimates.” stated Sigrid de Vries.
Source: ACEA