Now in the government we are thinking a lot about electric cars. After presenting the outlines of an electric car for €100 per month, which could end up costing €150, the government, through Agnes Panier-Runachet, the energy minister, and Clément Beaune, the transport minister, presented allocation of an additional 200 million euros for the expansion of the network of charging stations in France.

This funding is aimed at “support the development of fast charging stations” and facilitate their installation in three specific areas: collective houses, public roads and charging stations for heavy trucks– Clément Bohn clarified during the meeting, where the main players of the industry gathered.

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Agnes Pagnier-Runacher emphasized the importance of these loans, noting that they will allow, for example, to finance the installation of terminals in condominiums, which is a significant step forward for charging electric cars in cities.

Another measure that will please owners of electric cars is an increase in the tax credit for installing a home terminal, from 300 to 500 eurosaccording to the Minister of Energy Transition.

In addition, the environmental bonus awarded to low-income households for the purchase of electric cars will be “revalued”, although the exact amount of this revaluation has not yet been announced.

How many terminals are there in France now?

The country currently has 1.7 million charging stations in homes, businesses and private parking lots. In addition, with almost 110,000 public charging stations are installed on its territoryFrance is among the three countries best equipped with charging stations, second only to the Netherlands and ahead of Germany.

President Emmanuel Macron has set an ambitious goal for France, which he wants to achieve 400,000 charging stations by 2030, crossing the mark of 100,000 public charging stations in May 2023, a year and a half behind the original goal. Let’s note this too only 10% of these terminals are fastand these high-speed terminals are also mostly located on highway sections.

To close this gap, the government announced that the twelve winners of the France 2030 program will deploy additional fast charging stations across the country with 4,400 fast charging points, including 3,800 with a very high maximum charging speed of more than 150 kW. .

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