Insufficient EV charging points in the EU

ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, warns that by 2030 there will not be enough EV charging points to match the demand.

In its most recent report, ACEA uncovers a large gap between the current public charging points in the EU and the required amount based on the EU Green Deal. Today, the EU offers over 630.000 charging stations across the 27 Member States. Last year alone, 150.000 new charging points were installed. This is particularly based on the call by the European Commission which has concluded that 3.5 million charging points should be installed by 2030 to address the demand. Nonetheless, at the current rate of 150.000 charging points each year, there would be only 1.5 million in total by 2030.

This already points to a gap which requires larger efforts for installing new stations. However, ACEA has also matched the past years’ demand for electric vehicles with the additionally required charging points. In their calculations, there has only been a 6-fold increase of charging points between 2017 and 2023, whereas battery electric vehicles have seen an 18-fold increase in the same period. Even if the sales of electric vehicles could decrease significantly, it will still point to a gap larger than already anticipated.

See the ACEA report here.