France passes the milestone of 150,000 public charging stations

France had more than 150,000 charging points for electric cars open to the public at the end of October, according to the barometer published Wednesday by the National Association for the Development of Electric Mobility (Avere-France). The number of charging points (150,052 all powers combined) increased by 35% in one year and tripled in three years, according to this barometer produced by Avere-France and the Ministry of Ecological Transition. These points are in addition to the 2 million terminals installed by individuals and businesses, according to Enedis estimates. With a slight delay, France had passed the milestone of 100,000 charging points open to the public in 2023. The government aims to reach 400,000 in 2030.

In October 2024, only 10% of terminals open to the public had a power of more than 150 kW, which can recharge a car to 80% in less than half an hour. However, these devices are considered essential to convince motorists to give up the thermal engine, particularly on major roads. The availability of these charging points remained stable: 70% of charging points were available 99% of the time in October, while 5% remained unavailable for more than seven consecutive days.

A motorist looking for electrons thus had a 95% chance of immediately accessing at least one available charging point at a station, which has several charging points, according to Avere. The organization estimates the total consumption of these charging points open to the public at 45.9 gigawatt hours, or approximately 0.01% of the country's monthly electricity consumption, or a tenth of the monthly production of a 900 megawatt nuclear power plant. .