France had 66,960 public charging stations as of July 31, 2022, an increase of 49% in one year according to the latest Avere barometer. This is still far from the objective announced by the government…
Like every month, Avere France publishes its charging barometer. A report on the situation in France in partnership with the Ministry of Energy Transition, which notably gives an overview of the number of public charging points available in the territory as well as other information.
According to the NGO report, the number of charging stations increased quite well in July, since no less than 2,400 were installed over the whole of last month. A figure similar to that of June.
A goal far from being achieved
In total, and as reported by Avere France, on July 31, the territory had no less than 66,960 charging stations accessible to the public. A constantly rising figure, with an increase of 49% compared to last year. Nevertheless, if there are more and more stations available for owners of electric cars in France, we are still very far from the objective initially set by the government.
Indeed, in May 2020, Emmanuel Macron made a strong announcement: the territory will have 100,000 charging points accessible to all by the end of 2021. A utopian objective, which was not surprisingly not met. To achieve this, it would indeed have been necessary to install no less than 8,350 new terminals every month, while only 33,363 locations were open on May 1, 2021. Even today, we are very far from this rate.
An unequal distribution
If the report points out that France has an average of 99 charging points per 100,000 inhabitants, it’s actually a bit different. Indeed, and without great surprise, Île-de-France has the highest concentration of terminals, with a total of 12,436. By way of comparison, Guadeloupe has only 38. There is therefore a strong discrepancy from one area to another. Moreover, even with its large number of infrastructures, Paris is not necessarily a good student compared to other European cities, because of too low a density.
Looking at the report from the Avere France, we also notice an uneven distribution between the different charging powers. AC terminals from 7.4 to 22 kW represent 56% of charging points in France, while the fastest with a power of more than 150 kW occupy only 6% of the total. Whereas in reality, the territorial network of fast terminals should be denser to facilitate long journeys.
Suffice to say that there is still a lot of work before the infrastructure network is fully completed in France. By way of comparison, Germany and the Netherlands have 699 chargers per 100,000 inhabitants.
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