Around 2016 we published an article where we exposed a curious case in the expansion of renewables in Germany, in In short, in a short time they achieved large facilities that produced renewable energy, but, in their transition path, they did not adequately accounted for electrical infrastructure according to the new electrical production.
Obviously! It was just a small bump to the big Germany, but it was a wake-up call. The transition energy is complex and clear objectives are needed with a well-defined path.
I think deep down we all know we're going to end buying an electric car or, at least, a hybrid. Further sooner or later, we will have to drive a car that does not noise and, according to experts, pollutes less.
To meet the EU climate targets and achieve zero-emission mobility, the electrification of road transport is a urgent priority. The sale of electric cars skyrocketed in 2020, reaching 10.5% at European level (vehicle battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles).
Most big EU markets present a more or less equitable distribution in the purchase of vehicles, where 51.5% are battery electric and the 48.5% are hybrids. Two clear exceptions are Sweden and the Netherlands. Both have vehicle market shares pluggable greater than 25%.
Society is increasingly aware of the need of a resounding change in the field of transport! they know!
In fact, nearly three quarters of the inhabitants of Madrid and Barcelona are in favor of not allowing the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars after 2030. According to a YouGov survey conducted this year, where Europe's main cities are on the same line.
If we add to all this that the Spanish administration has just announced that it will allocate more than 13,000 million euros for the transition to the electric car we are in the good trail!
Although I am sure that these European funds will be tried invest with the greatest coherence in the world, be careful! because a transition towards ecological transport, requires a significant financial investment in infrastructures, and here, the Brussels guidelines they are not up to date.
Charging an electric car should be as easy and transparent to consumers how to refuel in a conventional gas station. Fair prices and offered in EUR / kWh, together with an automatic authentication of the entire system of recharge.
The Infrastructure Deployment Directive of alternative fuels in Europe (Directive Directive 2014/94/UE called AFID that can be consulted HERE), establishes a regulatory framework for the deployment of public charging and refueling infrastructures of alternative fuels in transport: electricity, CNG, LNG and hydrogen.
So far, the AFID directive has been relatively successful in the provision of an adequate number of charging points public:
The current Directive only requires States members with the "adequate" number of access points recharge for 2020 and, if necessary, should be reviewed to ensure good coverage by 2025.
At this point, the rapid acceptance of vehicles electricity by society stresses that the Directive Europe is now definitely "obsolete".
Last month the European Commission published a report for the European Parliament and the Council on how it was being applied Directive 2014/94/UE by the EU countries. Her, we can extract that:
To all this, we add that the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), Transport & Environment (T&E) and the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) asked the commissioners for climate, transport, industry and EU energy an urgent revision of the energy law alternative fuel infrastructures to demand a million public charging points throughout the block for the 2024, and 3 million in 2029.
And finally, the recent report published in Science Direct on the electric vehicle charging network in Europe already states an urgency... "to guarantee the adoption of electric vehicles on a large scale, should be develop a suitable network of charging stations».
In general, the central and northern regions of Europe tend to show a mean of greater number of charging points per capita, while in eastern and southern Europe (with the exception of northern Italy and some areas of Portugal) the population has a fewer number of recharging points accessible to the public.
The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, much of Germany, France and northern Italy appear as the areas of the countries considered to be in Europe with the potential to faster accessibility.
As we can see on the map, if we look at Spain. We definitely need to influence and create a greater number of recharging points to consistently satisfy an access easy and consistent way to recharge our electric cars.
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