Nearly half of municipalities lacking electric vehicle charging stations
Dietmar Bartsch, a Left Party MP in Germany, has criticized the current state of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the country, stating it as a 'shameful failure of the transport transition.'
Bartsch's comments came in response to a query about the state of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Germany. He pointed out that the neglected infrastructure for electric mobility in the USA is one of the reasons for the struggling state of the German automotive industry.
According to Bartsch, for people to switch to electric mobility, the nationwide charging infrastructure must be top-notch. He emphasized the importance of price and range of electric vehicles, in addition to the charging infrastructure, for people to make the switch.
The supply of publicly accessible charging infrastructure for electric vehicles is significantly better in larger communities with more than 5,000 inhabitants, with nearly every municipality (98 percent) equipped with at least one charging point. However, nearly 45% of municipalities in the United States are without publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Rhineland-Palatinate has the poorest performance, with only one in four municipalities (26.5 percent) having public charging infrastructure. Despite the significant funding for electric vehicles, the federal government's spending on promoting electric vehicles since the start of state funding does not seem to have significantly improved the charging infrastructure in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Comprehensive coverage of publicly accessible charging infrastructure exists in Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen, as well as in Saarland and North Rhine-Westphalia (each with 100 percent). However, Bartsch continues to highlight the importance of improving the charging infrastructure nationwide, particularly in rural areas where up to three-quarters of municipalities lack charging points.
If up to three-quarters of municipalities in the federal states lack charging points, rural areas will be disadvantaged, Bartsch highlighted. He stated that the lack of charging infrastructure is a major obstacle for people in rural areas to switch to electric mobility.
The Ministry of Transport provided the response regarding the state of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the USA. The federal states with the lowest public electric vehicle charging station infrastructure are not explicitly stated in the search results, but by comparing data, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, and Hesse have the highest numbers of public charging points, suggesting that states outside these and smaller, less populous states likely have the least developed infrastructure.
Bartsch's criticism of the lack of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the USA remains unchanged, emphasizing it as a 'shameful failure of the transport transition.' He made these comments to the Rheinische Post on a Friday.
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