With the European Union banning the sale of fuel vehicles from 2035, sales of electric vehicles in EU countries are bound to increase significantly in recent years, but according to ACEA European Automobile Manufacturers Association, up to 6.8 million public charging stations will need to be built by 2030 to meet their demand. According to the EV Database, the current average range of pure electric vehicles is 326 kilometers, which is sufficient for daily use, but if most consumers are to easily travel across European borders, it is necessary to concentrate the European charging infrastructure.
Top 5 Charging Piles in EU Countries: Units (Piles)
NETHERLANDS (90,284)
Germany (59,410)
France (37,128)
Sweden (25,197)
ITALY (23,543)
The distribution of tram charging facilities in Europe is uneven, and there is a large gap in the distribution of eastern and western Europe and urban and rural areas
According to ACEA data, more than half of the tram charging points in the EU are concentrated only in the Netherlands (about 90,000 charging points) and Germany (about 60,000 charging points). Germany, France and the Netherlands together account for about 69% of the EU's charging locations, while 10 European countries do not have one charging pile per 100 kilometers on average. The European Commission aims to reach 1 million charging stations by 2025, but the European Court of Auditors (ECA) report states that the EU may not meet its target if it continues at the current pace of deployment.
According to the ACEA report, Romania is about six times larger than the Netherlands, but the number of charging stations accounts for only about 0.4% of the EU, and the gap between urban and rural areas is also quite large, more than half of the electric vehicles in Slovakia are registered in the capital Bratislava Bratislava, 1/3 of the country's charging stations are concentrated in its capital, for EU tram users who need to travel long distances, the charging infrastructure is far from enough.
Volvo Cars' establishment of an electric vehicle plant in Slovakia is bound to accelerate the rollout of its brand electric vehicles in Eastern Europe
In order to bridge the gap between East and West Europe, Volvo Cars announced on July 1 that it will open a third manufacturing plant in eastern Slovakia, which only produces electric vehicles, which Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger also said will be important for improving the social and economic situation in the region. Choosing Slovakia as the location of its new plant, together with the Ghent plant in Belgium in Western Europe and Torslanda plant in Sweden in Northern Europe, will also accelerate the expansion of Volvo electric vehicles in Eastern Europe.
