Electric Vehicles: Few Speed ​​Chargers in Europe – How Many in Greece |

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Of the approximately 225,000 public chargers currently available in the European Union, only 25,000 are suitable for fast charging. That is, only one in nine European charging points has a fast charger with a capacity of more than 22 kW. The rest of the charging points have quick chargers with a capacity equal to or less than 22 kW.

Greece does not deviate from the rule, which – according to the official data available to the Union of European Manufacturers (ACEA) – of the 252 public charging stations that were registered in 2020, only 22 are over 22KWh. Of course, in some places on the national road network, larger chargers have been installed, so that the owners of electric vehicles can recover the lost electricity in a short period of time. Charging speed is important for the traveling driver, as he does not want to waste valuable time waiting for the battery to charge.

“To persuade more people to go electric, we need to remove all the hassle of charging,” said Eric-Mark Huitema, CEO of ACEA. these charging points must be fast and easy to use in order to decide to switch to electric drive, but also not to see long queues “. Thus, in a letter, ACEA urges the European Parliament to significantly strengthen the European Commission proposal to ensure that Europe can build a dense network of charging and refueling infrastructure, including sufficient numbers of fast chargers in each EU Member State by 2030.

Germany, for example, out of the 37,213 chargers you had in 2020, only 7,325 are fast. In the Netherlands out of 1008 fast are 283, in Iceland out of 736 fast are 254, in Italy out of 11,842 fast are 1,231, in Poland out of 1,039 fast are 652, in Portugal out of 1,976 fast are 494, in Spain out of 5,279 fast are 2,128 and in Sweden out of 8,804 fast are 1,566.

What should be noted is that while initially the companies in Greece that installed fast chargers had a high charge per kilowatt hour, which in many cases reached 0.50 euros per KWh, the competition managed to reduce its price by up to the amount of 0.30 to 0.35 euros. These prices are expected to decrease further in the next period, when there will be more competition or when the municipalities and regions, which may provide the charge at cost prices or in some cases free of charge, become more intensely involved in e-mobility.

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