In 2022, the share of electric cars has increased, but the target of 100,000 charging stations set by the government has not been achieved.
The target of 100,000 charging stations open to the public, set by the government for 2021, had still not been reached at the end of 2022, according to a monthly barometer. As of December 31, 2022, 82,107 charging points were open to the public, according to this barometer published Tuesday by the National Association for the Development of Electric Mobility (Avere) and the Ministry of Energy Transition.
Over one year, 8,472 new stations representing 28,840 charging points open to the public were deployed in the territory, i.e. +53%. The objective of 100,000 terminals “was above all intended to give new impetus to deployments. In this sense, it is successful”, tempers Clément Molizon, general delegate of Avere-France.
“More than 25,000 charging points have come out of the ground in one year, more than between 2016 and 2020!, underlined Clément Molizon. But we must maintain the effort in order to meet the needs of users”.
Slow charge
Thirty-six percent of charging points are installed by businesses, 35% in car parks and 24% on the road. On the motorway, all areas of the APRR and AREA networks are now equipped, as required by law, the two networks said on Monday. The areas of the Sanef network are 85% equipped and those of the Vinci network should all be equipped by the end of 2023, the dealers indicated on Wednesday.
Nearly 90% of charging points offer slow charging, according to the barometer. Less than 7% offer a charging power greater than 150kW, allowing a vehicle’s batteries to be fully recharged in a few tens of minutes. The terminals are increasingly used, but there is still room: in December 2022, the charging points recorded an average of 15 charging sessions, compared to less than 8 a year earlier.
While new vehicles will be 100% electric in Europe in 2035, French manufacturers insist on the deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles, essential to reassure motorists. The share of electric cars continued to grow on the French market in 2022, reaching 13% of total registrations, compared to 10% the previous year.
