In light of the great energy transition that was announced a few years ago and is indeed happening now, the government has stated that it aims to establish 100,000 public and operational charging stations in 2021.

Meanwhile, the health care crisis was probably also covering several failures on the part of the government, and we were very far from the goal set at the end of 2021 with about 30,000 terminals at that time.

Charging stations: In 2022, the government began to overload

But since then, the government seems to have stepped up considerably in this area. Indeed, this goal must be achieved in the second quarter of 2023– said the Minister of Small and Medium Business Olivia Gregoire during the debate in the Senate on the electric car.

“We were a little late, I don’t mind, the context was a little difficult”– emphasized the minister, referring, in addition to the crisis in the field of health care, to the shortage of electronic chips, which affects the automobile industry.

At the end of 2022, France had almost 83,000 charging points after an accelerated rollout (+53%) over the year. Until the end of June Thus, France will have 100,000 charging stations for electric cars. France is the third most equipped country in Europe after the Netherlands and Germany, where half of the terminals are concentrated.

A network of terminals that raises some questions

Unfortunately, deployed public terminals will not necessarily satisfy all users. In effect, Almost 90% of charging stations offer slow chargingaccording to Avere barometer, and less than 7% offer a charging capacity of more than 150 kW. In other words, to top up your account in a public terminal, you will have to be patient.

For fast charging stations, especially useful for long journeys, now we have what you need. For example, all sections of the APPR and AREA networks are now equipped as required by law. Sanef network zones are 85% equipped, and all Vinci network zones should be equipped by the end of 2023.

Meanwhile, with the spread of tax incentives and the increase in the number of electric vehicles offered by manufacturers, the share of electric vehicles continued to grow in the French market in 2022, reaching 13% of the total number of registrations, compared to 10% last year. In 2023, the progression should not weaken, even if the bonus amount has been revised downwards.