{"id":47071,"date":"2024-05-02T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=47071"},"modified":"2024-05-02T11:57:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:57:40","slug":"8-times-more-ev-charging-points-in-europe-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/8-times-more-ev-charging-points-in-europe-needed\/47071\/","title":{"rendered":"ACEA: 8 times more EV charging points in Europe needed to meet 2030 goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report from the European Automobile Manufacturers\u2019 Association (ACEA) has revealed that the EU is significantly behind in its EV charging infrastructure rollout<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

Between 2017 and 2023, sales of electric cars increased three times faster than EV charging points were installed in the EU.<\/p>\n

The ACEA report found that eight times more EV charging points in Europe will need to be installed annually to meet the EU\u2019s CO2-reduction targets.<\/p>\n

The staggering gap between the volume of electric cars on European roads and current access to public EV charging jeopardises the EU\u2019s transition to electrification.<\/p>\n

ACEA\u2019s Director General, Sigrid de Vries, explained: \u201cWe need mass-market adoption of electric cars in all EU countries to achieve Europe\u2019s ambitious CO2-reduction targets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will not happen without widespread availability of public charging infrastructure right across the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very concerned that infrastructure rollout has not kept pace with battery-electric car sales in recent years. What is more, this \u2018infrastructure gap\u2019 risks widening in the future \u2013 to a much greater extent than the European Commission estimates.\u201d<\/p>\n

European EV targets<\/h3>\n

The EU\u2019s Member States are aiming to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, a target that will majorly depend on the uptake of electric vehicles<\/a>, as road transport accounts for nearly 25% of its emissions.<\/p>\n

To reach this goal, the EU wants to have at least 30 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads by 2030 \u2013 around 12% of its current fleet.<\/p>\n

However, without readily accessible charging infrastructure, the European EV transition is at risk.<\/p>\n

Eight times more charging points needed<\/h3>\n

According to the report, around 150,000 EV charging points in Europe were installed last year \u2013 around 3,000 per week.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are around 630,000 charging points in the EU available. However, according to the European Commission, 3.5 million should be installed by 2030.<\/p>\n

To achieve this, 410,000 public chargers would need to be installed annually \u2013 around 8,000 per week, or nearly three times the current installation rate.<\/p>\n

However, according to the ACEA report, 8.8 million charging points must be installed by 2030.<\/p>\n

This would mean installing 1.2 million chargers annually (22,000 per week) \u2013 eight times the current installation rate.<\/p>\n

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Breaking: The EU requires an eightfold increase in electric #car<\/a> charging points per year by 2030 to meet CO2 targets<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udca5 #Electric<\/a> car sales skyrocketed three times faster than charging point installations between 2017 and 2023. The call for robust charging infrastructure is\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/sUGD7vii7p<\/a><\/p>\n

— ACEA (@ACEA_auto) April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n