Good news for electric car owners. At the end of October, France had more than 150,000 charging points open to the public. The number of charging points (150,052 all powers combined) has thus increased by 35% in one year and tripled in three years, according to the barometer produced by the National Association for the Development of Electric Mobility (Avere-France) and the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
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. These points are also in addition to the 2 million terminals installed by individuals and businesses, according to Enedis estimates.
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Few terminals with a power greater than 150 kW
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 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. .
Furthermore, 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.
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Lack of market vigor
The lack of installation of charging stations is also one of the arguments put forward by certain automobile manufacturers to explain the lack of vigor of the electric market. Especially since European manufacturers must respect an annual average of emissions per car sold in Europe. This so-called CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standard requires manufacturers to gradually sell less and less polluting vehicles.
It has generally been respected so far, but it must reach a new level from January 2025. Most manufacturers have therefore called for urgent aid measures, in particular because of the erosion of sales of electric cars. . Because they risk 15 billion euros in fines if they do not respect the rules set by the EU.
(With AFP)
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