It’s a fact, the popularity of electric cars has been growing over the past few years. Indeed, they even reach a 13% market share, thus surpassing the sales of diesel cars in France. But this trend is more global, while this motorization is also growing very strongly everywhere, although its growth is a little slower, for example in the United States. And who says that an electric car is obviously saying recharge. If it is possible to connect at home, it is also important to be able to charge the battery while traveling. Hence the importance of fast terminals, which are becoming more and more common all over the world.

The eastern district of Saint-Rambert on the street@A7Traffic from July 18 will offer 2 electric charging stations for refrigerators. It is an economical, ecological and quiet alternative to noisy and polluting diesel generators. https://t.co/YF2YFVSF5Q

— VINCI Autoroutes (@VINCIAutoroutes) July 11, 2022

Unequal distribution

According to the estimates of the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), there are about 500,000 of them in Europe alone. Very good news you tell me! Except that here these stations are actually very poorly distributed. Indeed, as the organization explains, 42% of them are in just two countries, viz The Netherlands and Germany. However, looking more broadly, the three countries share 60% of the stations, including France, which thus takes third place on the podium. According to Avere France, as of December 31, there were 83,317 charging stations in the country. The goal of 100,000 promised by the government is still far away.

A small difference

No matter how strange it is, but not necessarily in the countries with the most terminals, we buy the most electric cars. Indeed, it is in Sweden that sales are most important because market share 56.1%. The country is followed by Denmark (38.6%), as well as Finland (37.6%) and the Netherlands (34.5%). Finally, Germany ranks 5th with a 31.4% market share for this engine.