Charging infrastructure expansion: one s • Table.Briefings

To ensure that the transition to a greener transport system can succeed, the 27 EU member states must expand their charging infrastructure as quickly and extensively as possible. While the Commission and the Council have already defined their positions for the expansion, negotiations in the Parliament have so far stalled. Now, there are far-reaching compromises. However, „a few thick boards“ still need to be drilled.

Now that the EU Parliament and the EU Ministers of the Environment have agreed to phase out the internal combustion engine by 2035, representatives of the automotive industry are pressing all the harder for the rapid expansion of the charging infrastructure. The framework conditions and clear targets that create the conditions for the ramp-up of electromobility are lacking, explains VDA President Hildegard Müller.

Charging infrastructure expansion: one step away from agreement

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