Spain is a country where electricity generation thanks to renewable energies can offer a remarkable performance. We have many hours of sunshine at the end of the year, the weather conditions are favorable. Therefore, moving into the field of sustainable mobility, it is feasible to have a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles which can be top.
What is the real situation of our country in this regard? Are there points of improvement in certain aspects to invest more money and effort? At , as experts in solar PV and market contribution charging solutions for electric carswe want to show an analysis of the problems and solutions that can be offered in this regard.
For this reason, as defenders of environmental sustainability and technological innovations that allow us to build a more responsible society, we will try to shed light on this matter. An important point to achieve a larger the electrification of the car park in Spainless dependent on non-renewable and polluting energies such as oil.
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What needs to be improved in electric car charging infrastructure
This is a topic that we have covered several times, but in this article we will do it more precisely. We will do this by focusing on two specific points: the number of charging points for electric cars What is there, besides upload speed which allow
Number of charging points in Spain
Currently, electric cars can be charged both in private places (private garages) and in public places (parking lots). Focusing on the network of charging points for electric vehicles across the country, we must quote data from Electromobility barometer from the second quarter of 2022 of the National Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC).
According to this document, there are just over 15,700 charging points for public access in Spain, and the Autonomous Communities\’ projection by the end of 2023 is that there will be almost 70,000. Therefore, nearly 60,000 should be installed this year alone. Currently, the regions with the largest number are Catalonia -4,207-, the Valencian Community -1,951- and the Madrid Community -also over 1,878-.
These data mean that our country is currently far from meeting the goal set for 2030: to have 340,000 public charging points.
Power and charging speed of electric vehicles
The second point of improvement is in the charging speed of electric vehicles that enables the points I talked about just before, and not because the infrastructure is lacking the power needed to charge electric cars.
In this sense, a previous work by ANFAC and Faconauto, the Map of public access recharging infrastructures in Spainstated that by the end of this year 2023, it is expected that there will be 200 points with a power equal to or greater than 250 kilowatts (kW) across the country, compared to the 151 that currently exist.
With this power, an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle can be charged ultra quickly, even in 15 minutes. However, the reality is that the ANFAC Barometer indicates that the vast majority of all points, more than 13,000, have a power equal to or less than 22 kW, with a minimum charging time of about three hours.
How to improve electric car charging infrastructure
Based on the fact that Spain has enough potential to have a wider electric car charging infrastructure, below we explain how it can be improved in the coming years, according to the forecasts of the electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid sector.
Expand the charging network on the national territory
First, more effort needs to be made not only to have more electric or hybrid cars, but also to expand the charging network. The more charging points and stations in public areas, the more drivers will have to invest in this type of vehicle.
The increase in number will not mean that the autonomy of electric cars is less, but that there will be more possibilities to quickly recharge them during the journey. And so users will not have options limited only to parking lots, power stations, companies that have installed them or charge them at home.
Increase the charging power of points and stations
Directly related to the presence of several charging points and stations, the highest power in the mentioned places must go. If there are more recharging points with higher power, completely changing the current data, it will more easily involve a boost in the electrification of the Spanish car fleet, since the recharging speed will be similar to refueling with traditional fuels.
To achieve this goal, between 2021 and 2023 the Spanish Government is promoting the construction of charging points above 250 kW. It does so, after the approval of a Royal Decree with a endowment of 252 million euros as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
In line with the goal of reaching 100,000 charging points in public places by the end of this year, this Royal Decree includes measures such as tax deductions of up to 50% on Property Tax (IBI) and 90% on Construction Tax. , Installations and Works (ICIO).
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Conclusions and future perspectives
With all that has been seen in this article, it is clear that the electric vehicle sector and the agencies involved need to do more to promote the use of this type of car, as part of current and future sustainable mobility strategies.
These two aspects are, in addition to tax or other incentives for the drivers themselves, the most important to achieve this: the more charging points in public places and the more charging power they have, the more make it easier for users to choose. this option..
Whereas, as with diesel or petrol, there must be an extensive infrastructure to allow rapid recharging of electric cars in public places, petrol stations and charging stations.
