Charging infrastructure expansion: progr • Table.Briefings

A reliable, Europe-wide network of charging points is essential for the transformation of transport. An EU regulation with national expansion targets (AFIR) is to provide the infrastructure. Progress is being made in both the Council and Parliament, and there seems to be an overall agreement. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the details.

The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) is part of the Fit for 55 package and is intended to drive forward the development of a charging infrastructure for EVs. The EU Commission had proposed that member states must mandatorily add one kilowatt (kW) of charging capacity with each newly registered EV – 0.66 kW for each plug-in hybrid (PHEV). The rapporteur of the lead TRAN committee in the EU Parliament, Ismail Ertug (SPD/S&D), wants to significantly increase the expansion targets and link them to the amount of charging capacity already available (Europe.Table reported).

Charging infrastructure expansion: progress on AFIR dossier

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