Engineering:Electric vehicle charging network

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Short description: Infrastructure system of charging stations to recharge electric vehicles


Several plug-in converted Toyota Priuses hybrids recharging at the public stations in front of San Francisco City Hall.

An electric vehicle charging network is an infrastructure system of charging stations to recharge electric vehicles. Many government, car manufacturers, and charging infrastructure providers sought to create networks. Today, charging network vendors include either proprietary solutions (ex. Tesla or ChargePoint), or hardware agnostic solutions (ex. AmpUp, EVConnect, and Shell Recharge). Hardware-agnostic vendors allow for customers to switch out their charge stations and/or switch to a different network vendors (similar to an unlocked smartphone); whereas proprietary vendors do not allow customers to switch.[1]

Maps

The Go Electric Stations[2] was a global station navigation system. The project included free smartphone apps via Next Charge[3] and provided free data and information to users and providers regarding stations all around the world.

PlugSurfing[4] is a community based charging station locator. PlugSurfing is merging static and realtime availability charging station information and crowd sources information through mobile apps and other devices. This way PlugSurfing responds to the needs of the electric driver.

OpenChargeMap[5] is an open source database with a public API for sharing and distributing charging location information globally. Information in this system is gathered both manually and automatically from a variety of data sources. The project aims to provide globally relevant data freely to other application developers and navigation providers.

EV Charger Maps[6] was a volunteer-run effort coordinated by EV Charger News[7] that cataloged EV charging station information across the U.S.

LEMnet[8] is an internet database is operated by Park & Charge.[9] The database not only provides locations of the Park & Charge stations but also everyone is free to register their stations. It offers KMZ map files and POI collection files for navigation systems enhanced with information required for electric vehicle owners to find a public charging point in Europe.

In Spain, Alargador[10] offers an editable map of EV recharge points in which everybody who wants to share their electric outlet can do it easily. All data is downloadable freely to most common GPS navigators and mapping software. Another source is ElectroMaps[11] to find a station in Spain.

Pod Point[12] provides one of the UK's largest public charging networks with over 1,500 stations. The live charging station map[13][14] provides the address, charging rate, connector type and availability of public charging stations. In 2015, they launched the Open Charge[15] public network with smartphone-enabled charging points that are reliable and easy to use.

PlugShare[16] is a crowdsourced map of public, private and residential charging locations. The site uses Google Maps to provide a map of charging locations and their own database to filter by charging type. Public chargers, private chargers, and residential charging locations are listed. The service provides an app for iOS and Android which allows users to locate chargers near their current location. An account is needed to view private persons' charging locations, as these locations are at the homes or businesses of Plugshare members. Plugshare was acquired by EVgo in 2021. Plugshare is one of many leading sources of where charge stations exist, however plenty public and private stations are not updated in the app.

ChargeFinder[17] dominates as the go-to EV charge point map, leading the charge in the Nordic countries, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and extending its coverage to Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Iceland. Offering real-time availability updates, route planning, smart filters, and seamless integration with CarPlay and Android Auto, ChargeFinder stands out for its user-friendly features. Accessible through web browsers and mobile apps for both iOS and Android, ChargeFinder ensures a hassle-free and efficient EV charging experience, making it the preferred choice for drivers across diverse regions.

Sun Country Highway[18] includes a map of 1000 of its chargers across Canada and the US.

Naladuj[19] website is a search engine and map containing charging stations located in Poland. It allows to perform search based on a given place and/or selected categories including connector type, charging speed/power, availability, opening hours, payment/authorization requirements and voivodeship. To locate charging stations cataloged in the database, depending on the user's choice, Naladuj uses Google Maps or OpenStreetMap.

EVhype[20] provides an interactive map of electric vehicle public charging stations. It uses various sources to obtain and display charging stations the data. EVhype has a social network element. It allows users to create accounts, add comments, bookmarks and pictures.

Infrastructure providers

  • AmpUp[21] is an EV charging network provider in the United States that allows station owners to manage their chargers' availability, price, and electric load. AmpUp's solutions are tailored to workplaces, fleets, utilities, and multi-unit dwellings. The company also offers a mobile app so EV drivers can find, authenticate, and pay for EV charging at AmpUp stations.[21][non-primary source needed][full citation needed]
  • Blink Charging operates a network with over 50,000 publicly available charging connectors in the US, Europe, and the UK. Also produces chargers for use in private settings.[22]
  • ChargePoint includes public charging stations, a consumer subscription plan and utility grid management technology to help electric utility companies to smooth electrical demands on the grid.[23][24] As of 2023, the ChargePoint network consisted of over 27,000 locations in the United States, plus additional chargers in other countries.[25]
  • Connected Kerb is a UK-based provider of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, founded in 2017, which aims to make EV charging affordable, sustainable and accessible for all regardless of social status, location or physical ability. In November 2021, the company announced plans to install 190,000 on-street residential charging points across the UK by 2030 to help EV users without access to home charging facilities.[26][27] The CEO is Chris Pateman-Jones.
  • Ecotricity is a UK-based energy company who offered rapid charging points at motorway service stations and other locations across the UK as of 2015. The electricity they provide is grid-matched with renewable generation. The company has partnerships with Renault–Nissan Alliance, who provided many of the rapid chargers.[28][non-primary source needed]
  • Elektromotive was a UK-based company that manufactured and installed charging infrastructure for electric cars and other electric vehicles using their patented Elektrobay stations.[29] The company has partnerships with major corporations including EDF Energy and Mercedes-Benz to supply charging posts and data services. They have since been absorbed into Chargemaster, now BP Pulse.
  • Electrify America is a DC fast charging station network based only in the United States with approximately 730 charging locations as of March 2022, the company was created by the Volkswagen Group after the United States EPA accused them of using defeat devices in its diesel-fueled vehicles.
  • EVgo[30] is one of America's largest EV charging networks.
  • EV Range is an EV charging network provider in the United States with high power (>180 kW) stations in CA and NV. EV Range also offers their platform to property owners to own and manage their chargers, with solutions for workplaces, fleets, utilities, and multi-unit dwellings. The company offers a mobile app so EV drivers can find, authenticate, and pay for EV charging.[31][non-primary source needed][full citation needed]
  • EVDC is a Puerto Rico-based company that aims to build its supercharger network nationwide.[32]
  • EV Trail[33] is an American charging infrastructure company. Their aim is to cut rural charging gaps in Colorado.[34]
  • FLO is a North American electric vehicle charging network operator and a smart charging solutions provider.[35] FLO operates in the United States and Canada. Their charging stations are assembled in Michigan[36] and Quebec.
  • Francis Energy is a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based EV charge point operator with plans to expand into 40 states in 2023, with plans to install 50,000 EV charging ports by 2030 in partnership with municipalities, auto dealers, Tribal Nations, and private businesses.[37]
  • FullCharger International, founded in 2009, is a French operator of charging stations for electric vehicles with multi-territorial networks. They offer local authorities and private operators complete solutions[buzzword] for electric mobility. FullCharger ChargePoint Network is the world's largest network across 23 countries. FullCharger's target is to pioneer and be the main solution provider in building and operating a multi-territorial smart network of the most advanced, secure, easy to use electric vehicle charging infrastructure, through a unique approach bringing added value to public authorities, private sector and EV drivers.[citation needed]
  • Hubsta[38][non-primary source needed] - Is a UK-based facility for EV users and claims to facilitate 'connecting to over 55,000 Charge points worldwide' and 'its never been easier to charge your EV or manage your EV charging Network'.
  • Hypercharge is a North American smart EV charging network and solutions provider serving single-family homes, multi-family residential & commercial buildings, and fleet applications.[39][40] Hypercharge was the first Canada-founded EV charging network to IPO.[41]
  • Instavolt is a Hampshire-based UK charging network which installs, operates and owns rapid EV charging stations.
  • Osprey provides EV charging across the UK. The network was founded in 2016 as Engenie Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging and in 2020 the name was replaced with Osprey Charging Network.
  • Park & Charge[9] is a European Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Park & Charge was founded in 1992 by members of the electric car club in Switzerland (ECS).[42] Today there is a Park & Charge at nearly 500 locations in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy, offering a safe and easy way for drivers of electric vehicles to charge their vehicle batteries. The locations of the charging stations in Europe will be published in LEMnet[8] internet database which is operated by Park & Charge.
  • Share&Charge is a Germany-based peer to peer network aimed at the sharing of private charging poles in order to make them accessible to everyone as well as billable. The peer to peer network comes in an App which includes a map of existing charging poles, the possibility to easily register a private charging pole as well as the handling of the payment by Share&Charge. Share&Charge Website[43]
  • Shell Recharge Solutions[citation needed]
  • SparkCharge is United States based mobile EV charging company. SparkCharge offers portable DC fast chargers, The Roadie Portable, and charging-as-a-service programs, SparkCharge Fleet and SparkCharge OOC. The company delivers Level 3, DC fast charging (DCFC), to the vehicle where it is parked regardless of grid connection capabilities.
  • Spark Plug Chargers[44] is an American EV charging company. The company offers equipment from BTC Power and Red E Charge.
  • Zest is an EV charging network operating across the UK. Backed by the UK Government's Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund, it offers a managed service for EV charging.[citation needed]

Automobile manufacturers

The Renault–Nissan Alliance made agreements by 2010 to promote emission-free mobility in France , Israel, Portugal, Denmark and the U.S. state of Tennessee .[45] As of 2010, Nissan planned to install 200-volt level 2 charging stations at 2,200 Nissan dealers in Japan, and level 3 fast charging stations at 200 dealers.[46][needs update]

Tesla Motors, in March 2009, announced that they were "working with a government-affiliated partner to set up battery changing stations at various locations" to service their Model S platform cars.[47] The first Tesla Supercharger stations were unveiled 24 September 2012.[48] As of Q4 2021, Tesla reported 3,476 supercharging stations and 31,498 supercharging connectors (about 9 connectors per station on average) in 44 countries worldwide.[49][50]

Initiatives by region

Europe

The AVERE / European Association for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles was founded in 1978 and is a member of the World Electric Vehicle Association. AVERE is also the parent organization of CITELEC / Association of European Cities interested in Electric Vehicles and Eurelectric. The European Commission has funded the "Green Cars Initiative" since November 2008.[51] In March 2011, the European Commission along with forty two partners from the industries, utilities, electric car manufacturers, municipalities, universities and technology and research institutions founded the "Green eMotion" initiative funded with €41.8 million under the Seventh Research and Development Framework Programme. The defined goal is to provide an interoperable electromobility framework to align the ongoing regional and national electromobility initiatives.[52] At the same time the partners unveiled the "Transport 2050" plan which includes the aim to half the number of conventionally fuelled cars in cities by 2030 and phase them out by 2050.[53]

In the second position paper (March 2011) of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association it is recommended to equip public charging stations with IEC 62196 Type 2 Mode 3 connectors with transitional solutions to be allowed up to 2017.[54] Nevertheless, multiple socket types (IEC 60309-2 Mode 2 types, IEC 62196 Mode 3 types, Chademo and standard home socket outlets Mode 2) have been deployed already. Politics have called for single European-wide standard and in case of a market failure the EU will define the infrastructure side requirements by law in 2013.[55] As expected from lobbying[56] the European Commission has proposed in January 2013 to only use the Type 2 connector type as the single standard to end prior uncertainty about the charging station equipment in Europe.[57] Common standards for electric charging points across Europe must be designed and implemented by December 2015.[58]

Czech Republic

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Prague ČEZ Group 25 230 V/16 A Type E 400 V/32 A Type 2 2011 2013
1 Functional (other) ČEZ Group 9 230 V/16 A Type E 400 V/32 A Type 2 2011 2013

Power supplier ČEZ has announced to have 50 recharging stations to be ready by the end of 2011.[59] By June 2012 the company had 14 public and 6 private charging stations installed with more to come in Mlada Boleslav at the Skoda facilities.[60] These charging stations use a combination of 230 V mains connector (Type E) at 16 A and a 400 V three-phase Mennekes connector (Type 2) at 16 A or 32 A.[61]

Denmark / Norway

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Denmark Clever 500+ Type 2 socket CHAdeMO, CCS and AC type2 plug 2012 2015 The largest rapid charge network in Denmark, often located near shopping areas.
1 Functional Denmark E.on 700 Type2 socket CHAdeMO, CCS and AC 2013 2015 14(7 locations in both directions) RapidChargers located at freeway stops, rest is 11 kW AC
2 Offline Copenhagen BetterPlace 700 ? 2012 2013 plus 8 fast charge stations and 18 switch stations
3 Planned Oslo, Copenhangen Move About 50+ 2013 Think

There are 2 major charge point operators in Denmark, E.on are operating mostly fast chargers, only installing rapids at freeways, while Clever is installing both fast and rapids in city centers.

Both E.on and Clever is taking part in installing rapid chargers at freeway lay-bys, with Clever installing 4 of them and E.on a total of 20 at 10 different locations.[62]

Besides E.on and Clever, local energy companies are installing free-to-use charge points, often only consisting of a CEE plug, so the users have to bring their own EVSE box.[63]

Infrastructure was planned by Better Place and has been installed by Coulomb Technologies for Copenhagen. Denmark has enacted policies that create a tax differential between zero-emission vehicles and traditional cars[64] to accelerate the transition to electric cars. Better Place had announced the network to be complete in December 2012, however the stations and chargers have been switched off due to the bankruptcy of Better Place Danmark A/S in June 2013.[65][66] By April 2013 the network had consisted of 700 public charging spots, 18 battery switch stations and 8 fast charger stations.[67]

In 2013 E.on bought the charge points from Better Place and restarted the network, without the battery swap system.[68]

Norway has a tradition in building electric vehicles based on the Think Car. It is popular in Southern Norway (Oslo), Southern Sweden (Gothenburg) and Eastern Denmark (Copenhagen). The concept of the "Move About"[69] project will provide 60 new Think cars in a test including charging stations in 50 towns in the area until 2013.[70] The MoveAbout concept is actually derived from a car sharing system where cars are not offered for purchase but for leasing.

Estonia

Estonia became the first country to complete the deployment of a nationwide electric car charging network, and (As of December 2013), is the only country with such geographical coverage.[71][72] The Estonian network has the highest concentration of DC chargers in Europe.[73]

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Nationwide G4S 700 CHAdeMO and Type2 AC outlet 200 2012 2013-02-22 coop Mitsubishi, ABB

The Estonian government and Kredex launched the charging station network project in 2011 in cooperation with ABB, funded partially by the Mitsubishi Corporation.[74][75] The nationwide electric car charging network officially opened with 165 fast chargers on 20 February 2013. These chargers were installed in all urban settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants. In addition, chargers are installed on the all major roads at intervals of no more than 60 kilometres (37 mi). That makes it possible to reach every point within the country without a supply interruption.[76][77] All of the Terra 51 CHAdeMO-type DC chargers are fast-charging, only needing between 15 and 30 minutes to fully charge a car's battery.[73]

France

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Paris Paris 101 mains (230 V, 16 A) (Marechal) 2010 free of charge
1 Functional Strasbourg 135 Type 3a (230 V, 16 A) - 2010 Toyota Prius test drive
2 Under Construction Ile de France 300 Type 3 2011 Renault–Nissan test drive
2 Under Construction Western France Vinci Autoroutes 738 ? ? 2012 coop. Renault
2 Under Construction Paris-Yvelines 200 Type 3 CHAdeMO 2011
3 Planned Monaco 300 3x 2011
4 Proposed France EDF 400,000 ? 2015 2010

In France, Électricité de France (EDF) and Toyota are installing recharging points for PHEVs on roads, streets and parking lots.[78]

The Renault–Nissan Alliance and the largest French electric utility, Electricite de France (EDF) have signed an agreement to promote emission-free mobility in France. The move aims at offering all-electric volume vehicles from 2011 — including a countrywide network of battery charging stations.[45] The partner Vinci Autoroutes has announced to rebuild 738 car parks along motorways with at least 5 parking lots for charging electric vehicles – construction will start at the end of 2011 and the full extent will be reached in 2013.[79]

The Environment Ministry of France, led by Jean-Louis Borloo has announced the goal to install 400,000 charging points in France by 2015.[80][81] Jean-Louis Borloo has assigned 1.5 billion Euros in 2009 to support research and preparations for the first part of the electric vehicle network with 75,000 charging stations.[80][82]

Meanwhile, the pilot project in Paris has started with the introduction of 100 Z.E. cars. The map of charging stations can be downloaded from the city website.[83] There are 101 locations with 178 charging points across the town and its suburbs (May 2010). The charging points have either Schuko-like sockets (Type E / 2P+T) or a Marechal plug on spiral cord where both variants are rated at 230 V/16 A (mains).

Schneider Electric supports test drives in France with its charging stations that include a Type 3 (EV Plug Alliance) connector. In Strasbourg 100 Toyota Prius were tested with 135 recharging spots beginning Q1 2010 (Type 3 single-phase). In the suburbs of Paris there will be 300 recharging spots to be installed in Q1 2011.[84] In the "Projet Klébér" the Strasbourg vehicle fleet may use the charging stations of EnBW in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and vice versa.[85] In Yvelines near Paris the fleet test SAVE (Seine Aval Véhicule Électrique) was started in April 2011 – until September 2011 a number of 200 charging stations will be built.[86]

The Monaco government has sketched a plan to run a fleet test in 2011 including 300 charging stations and 3 fast-charge stations.[70]

Italy

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Pisa Enel 35 Type 2 Mode 3 2010 2011 Enel Drive,[87] coop. Daimler or Renault–Nissan
1 Functional Rome Enel 59 Type 2 Mode 3 2010 2011 Enel Drive,[87] coop. Daimler or Renault–Nissan
1 Functional Milan, Bologna Enel 4 Type 2 Mode 3 2010 2011 Enel Drive,[87] coop. Daimler or Renault–Nissan
1 Functional Bolzano 4 domestic - 2009 2010 E-Move[88] solar stations
1 Functional Rome, Milan, Pisa, Bologna Enel 40 (62) Type 2 Mode 3 2012 E-Mobility Italy,[89] coop. Daimler
2 Under Construction Rome, Milan, Pisa, Bologna Enel 400* Type 2 Mode 3 2008 E-Mobility Italy,[89] coop. Daimler
3 Planned Parma 300 ? ? 2011 (2012) Zero Emission City / Fiat
4 Proposed Lombardy Enel 150 ? ? 2010 coop. EDF, Endesa, Renault–Nissan (plus 120 private stations)

The Renault–Nissan group – including EDF – has enlarged its scope with partnering to the Italian utility Enel and Spanish utility Endesa in March 2010.[90] Renault–Nissan offers a broader range by providing 60 all-electric vehicles – the Kangoo Express Z.E. and the Renault Fluence Z.E – to the new pilot project "E-Moving" in Italy. The project will start to install 270 charge points in the Lombardy region (including the cities of Milan and Brescia) up to June 2010.[91] This "E-Moving" network will contain 150 public charging stations to be put up until the end of 2010.[92]

The Italian Enel company had an early agreement with Daimler to run a test with their Smart line of cars. Enel has started the "emobility Italy" program in cooperation with Daimler in 2008 – this program will put up 400 public and private charging stations in Rome, Milan and Pisa with charging stations to be built since September 2010.[70][93] The project was supposed to start in 2011 with a test run going for 48 months – since 5. April 2012 the Smart drive E-Mobility program is ready. The 100 public charging stations in Rome are built with a three-phase Type 2 Mennekes connector[94] while the additional 50 home charging stations are built with a single-phase Type 3 Scame connector.

The E-Move charging stations around Bolzano allow for a test drive of connecting solar panels directly to light vehicles for charging.[95]

The Zero Emission City Parma is a regional project with a 9 million Euro funding to create 300 charging stations along with 900 electric vehicles until 2015.[94] The project is expected to go fully operational by the end of 2012, with 300 points of charge installed and 400/450 electric vehicles circulating.[96]

Germany

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional BDEW energy providers summary 5500 (counting publicly accessible stations) 2015[97]
1 Functional Germany Park & Charge 115 CEE blue (230 V, 16 A) 1998 2011
1 Functional Germany Drehstromnetz 190 CEE blue (230 V, 16 A) CEE red (400 V, 32 A) 2006 2011 Drehstromnetz[98]
1 Functional Berlin Vattenfall 42 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2009 2011 MINI E
1 Functional Berlin RWE 77 (154) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2009 2010 E-Mobility
1 Functional Germany ladenetz.de 150[99] mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 2012 cooperation of municipal utilities
1 Functional Rhein-Ruhr RWE 165 (330) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 2011 E-Mobility
1 Functional Koeln-Bonn RWE 57 (114) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 2011 E-Mobility
1 Functional Rhein-Main RWE 34 (68) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 2011 E-Mobility
1 Functional Hamburg RWE / Orlen 28 (56) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 2011 E-Mobility
1 Functional (other) RWE 98 (196) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 2011 E-Mobility
1 Functional Munich E.ON 21 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 (was CEEplus) 2009 2010 eflott (Audi e-tron), BMW MINI E
1 Functional Stuttgart EnBW 25 mains (230 V, 16 A) - 2010 2011 Elektronauten 500
1 Functional Stuttgart/Karlsruhe EnBW 42 (84) mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 2011 MeRegionMobil
1 Functional Bavaria/Saxonia E.ON 8 CCS Combo2 (50 kW) 2014[100] Schaufenster Elektromobilität
2 Under Construction Germany ladenetz.de 100 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2012 cooperation of municipal utilities
2 Under Construction Stuttgart/Karlsruhe EnBW 260 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V 63 A) 2011 MeRegioMobil
2 Under Construction Munich E.ON 200 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 2011 eflott (Audi e-tron), BMW MINI E
2 Under Construction Hamburg Vattenfall 50 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2011 Green eMobility
2 Under Construction Berlin RWE 500[101] Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2011 E-Mobility
2 Under Construction Rhein-Ruhr RWE 400[101] Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2011 E-Mobility coop. Renault–Nissan
3 Planned BDEW energy providers summary 10000 (additional publicly accessible stations) 2017[102]
3 Planned Baden-Württemberg EnBW 700 2012 Landesinitiative Elektromobilität
Several Smart electric drive cars charging at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
Aral Pulse charging stations in front of a Aral-branded BP gasoline station

Germany has four major transmission system operators (50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT, TransnetBW). They try to set themselves into the position to sell electricity power to electric vehicle owners by becoming also the operators of the upcoming electric vehicle networks.[citation needed] To that avail, they offered partnerships to the German car makers, where they provided charging stations for field tests.

Carmaker Daimler AG and utility RWE AG are running a joint electric car and charging station test project in the German capital, Berlin, called "E-Mobility Berlin.".[103] They have set up 60 charging stations in Berlin (September 2009) and are in the process of extending the system to include 500 charging stations.[104] Daimler has provided for 100 Smart electric drive cars to the project. The second phase started in November 2010. The RWE subsidiary "RWE Mobility"[105] has created cooperations with the automobilist club ADAC, car rental service Sixt and car park provider APCOA to equip all locations with charging stations.[106] since mid of 2009. Renault joined the RWE Mobility program in September 2009 whereby the project goals of erecting charging stations were enlarged to mid of 2011[107] Renault's partner Nissan has joined the RWE-mobility program on 21. June 2010 announcing that RWE will create a network of 1000 charging stations until the end of the year 2010 focusing on the Berlin and Rhein-Ruhr region.[108] On 28. August a cooperation with fuel retailer PKN Orlen (owning 2700 gasoline stations in Poland , Czech Republic and Germany) was announced – they are starting to equip 30 gasoline stations in Hamburg with charging points for electric vehicles.[109] The current list of RWE-mobility charging stations contains 500 locations in Germany, 50 locations in the Netherlands, 11 in Poland and Austria plus a few stations in other neighbouring countries – also RWE has switched all of its charging stations to Type 2 sockets.[110]

Carmaker BMW and utility Vattenfall run a joint electric car and charging test project called "MINI E" in the German capital, Berlin. They are in the process of erecting 50 charging stations[111] and the project lends 50 BMW Mini cars to citizens. The project started in June 2009 and a second phase has been started in December 2009.[112] Up to June 2011 there were 42 public charge points by Vattenfall in Berlin and the company is in the process of building 50 public charge points in Hamburg.[113] While the earliest charging stations were using CEEplus sockets the newer charging stations are built to Type 2 Mode 3 sockets.[114]

Carmaker VW and utility E.ON run a joint electric car and charging station test project in the German capital, Berlin and in Wolfsburg.[115] The "Electric Mobility Fleet Test"[116] was started as a research project with mostly partners in German universities using the VW hybrid cars (to be tested in 2010). E.ON has later joined also in the MINI E project providing the infrastructure in Munich which was started in Juli 2009.[117] erecting an initial series of 11 charging stations (May 2010) enlarging it continuously (21 locations in December 2010).[118] The region test in Munich has been extended by BMW i3 and BMW i8 prototypes (project i) as well as Audi e-tron models (project eflott) in 2011. E.ON has announced to provide the eflott project with 200 public charging stations the Munich region.[119]

Carmaker Daimler, the utility EnBW and the government of Baden-Württemberg have announced on 18. June 2010 to enlarge the "Landesinitiative Elektromobilität" program with the "e-mobility Baden-Württemberg" project that includes erecting 700 charging stations in the state until the end of 2011.[120] Additionally there will be 200 electric vehicles added to the test including some electric trucks.[120] The government of Baden-Württemberg has assigned 28.5 million Euros to support EV research up to 2014.[120] Meanwhile, EnBW has sponsored 500 E-Bikes in the Elektronauten project in 2010 which can use 13 charging stations in the Stuttgart region.[121] EnBW has claimed to offer 250 charging stations for the Elektronauten 500 project in May 2011 although the map has not been updated.[122][123] Bosch has developed a new charging station type for EnBW that is capable for 63A – the station was certified on 11. April 2011 by DEKRA[124] and EnBW has announced to install 260 charge stations in the following weeks for MeRegioMobil project in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.[125] In November 2011 the car2go project announced to go to Stuttgart in 2012 – EnBW reassured to have 500 charging spots ready in time with the roll out of the car2go vehicles in the second half of 2012.[126]

The German government has announced to support a fleet of 1 million electric cars in Germany by 2020. There are 500 million Euros assigned to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany) to support research and pilot projects in Germany. The ministry has created a dedicated coordination office in the "Gemeinsame Geschäftsstelle Elektromobilität der Bundesregierung (GGEMO)" (Joint Agency for Electric Mobility (of the Federal Government)) which was opened in February 2010.[127] The GGEMO has coordinated a partnership program with the German car industry named "Nationale Plattform Elektromobilität (NPE)" inaugurated on 3 May 2010, in the German Chancellery.[128]

The NPE partnership is supposed to detail the plans for network evolution.[129] The technical standardization part is mostly concentrated in the Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik (DKE) of the Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE) – the "Standardization Overview on E-Mobility"[130] shows a wide range of efforts from electric grid management to the charging station infrastructure to the car charger electronics. The NPE partnership has published an interim report on 30 November 2010, showing a test fleet of 2800 electric vehicles and 2500 charging stations in 8 test regions.[131]

The German government has announced that it will not install a rebate system for the introduction of electric cars but that it will reshape the legal provisions to quickly create a charging station network in Germany. Bernd Pischetsrieder (formerly Volkswagen) points to studies saying that most of the current buyers of electric cars did already own multiple cars so that a rebate plan would merely come out as a subvention of a consumer class that can afford the expense anyway.[132]

The VDE E-mobility congress on the subject was held in Leipzig on 8./9. November 2010.[133] During the congress a large consumer study was presented that showed some 64 percent want to buy an electric car. The study did also look at the requirements to the charging process – 51 percent of consumers in Germany expect a car to be charged in less than 2 hours, up to 4 hours is acceptable to 60 percent of consumers. 64 percent of consumers expect to charge in their own garage, 21 percent want to frequent a central charging station while casual charging in parking lots of shops and company grounds is expected by a mere 6 and 4 percent respectively. The maximum travel distance shows mixed results – while 53 percent say that 300 km is enough there are also 31 percent who like to travel 450 to 1000 km until required to recharge.[134]

The interim report of the NPE partnership classifies electric vehicles in 3 categories, all-electric city cars, family cars and light trucks with an electric range for city transport.[135] Development is sketched in phases 2010–2013, 2014–2017, 2018–2020 and post-2020 with the government goal to get 1 million electric cars up to 2020 and 6 million electric cars up to 2030 (for comparison there are 44 million cars in Germany in 2010).[135] Batteries are not expected to show great advancements in terms of capacity but the safety will increase and the prices will fall to 250-€300 /kWh in the 2018-2020 time frame.[131] In the post-2020 time frame new battery types are expected – instead of lithium-ion the fourth generation batteries will be introduced to the mobility market including lithium-air, lithium-sulfur and zinc-air batteries.[135] As for charging stations a wide network of fast-charging points is considered possible with 22 kW (400 V 32 A) stations to be introduced in 2010-2013 and 44 kW (400 V 63 A) stations to be introduced in 2014–2017.[135] For the time beyond 2020 there is an expectation of charging stations at 60 kW (400 V DC 150 A) allowing to charge the standard 20kWh battery pack to 80% in less than 10 minutes whereas this station type requires integration with smart grid technology and a strict worldwide standard (including SAE procedures).[135] The "early adoptors" of electric vehicles are identified to be from the middle class owning multiple cars as well as owning a garage – the existence of a public network of charging stations is considered to be not (sic!) a prerequisite for market introduction in the first phases. Instead government funds should back the investments in privately owned charging stations for example with faster tax write off and cheap credits from the government KfW bank.[135]

A preliminary review of the Mercedes / RWE test drive in the smart ed project shows the importance of vehicle-to-grid communications in charging stations as an incentive to charge at night times. While most US households own a garage even for small cars the situation is different in Central Europe where public charging stations are needed.[136]

Switzerland

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Switzerland Park & Charge 230 CEE blue (230 V, 16 A) 1992 2011
1 Functional Switzerland Plug'n Roll 60 Type 2 2016 2017

The charging station network in Switzerland is derived from research in solar cars. In 1992 the government decided to support a charging station network. The network has since extended to neighbouring countries – in 2010 the Park & Charge network in Switzerland, Germany and Austria did encompass 500 charging locations,[137] additionally there a few charging locations in the Netherlands and Italy.

Plug’n Roll: the smart EV charging network in Switzerland.

Iceland

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Iceland Orka náttúrunnar[138] 29 Type 1 2017 2020
1 Functional Iceland Orka náttúrunnar[138] 99 Type 2 2017 2020
1 Functional Iceland Orka náttúrunnar[138] 42 CCS 2017 2020
1 Functional Iceland Orka náttúrunnar[138] 42 CHAdeMo 2017 2020
1 Functional Iceland Ísorka[139] 408 Various 2017 2020
1 Functional Iceland Various[140] 23 Various 2017 2020

Iceland has two major operators of public electric charging stations, Ísorka and Orka náttúrunnar. At launch, both stations did not charge for electricity at their stations, but Orka náttúrunnar started charging on 1 February 2018[141] and Ísorka started charging on 18 August 2017.[142] A payment card is needed from these vendors to use their stations. (As of 2018) there are 31 stations from Orka náttúrunnar,[143] (As of 2020) there are 408 stations from Ísorka[139] and (As of 2019) there are 23 towns and hotels with independent public charging stations.[140]

Ireland

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Ireland ESB ecars[144] 1000 Type 2 Mode 3 22 kW 3-Phase 230 V 2010 2014
1 Functional Ireland ESB ecars[144] 46 50 kW CHAdeMO DC 2010 2014
1 Functional Ireland ESB ecars[144] 6 50 kW CCS DC 2010 2014 Existing CHAdeMO DC units are being upgraded to tri-standard DC/AC
2 Under Construction Ireland ESB ecars[144] 500 Type 2 Mode 3 22 kW 3-Phase 230 V 2010 2014
2 Under Construction Ireland ESB ecars[144] 40 50 kW CCS DC 2010 2014 Existing CHAdeMO DC units are being upgraded to tri-standard DC/AC

In 2009–2010 the Irish Government, and electric utility Electricity Supply Board (ESB) entered into tripartite agreements with major electric vehicle manufacturers (Renault–Nissan ,[145] Mitsubishi Motors ,[146] Toyota ,[147] and PSA Peugeot Citroën [148]) to promote the uptake of electric vehicles in Ireland.

The Irish government has instituted a package of measures,[149] including a €5,000 grant (US$7,158) to assist with purchasing the vehicle, exemption from vehicle registration tax, and accelerated capital allowances to promote electric vehicle purchase. In 2013, the Irish government withdrew the EV vehicle registration tax exemption and replaced it with a €5,000 discount on the tax.[150] New conditions were also added to the SEAI EV Grant which reclassified private EV purchases via Hire Purchase or car loan as a commercial purchase, effectively reducing the EV grant to €3,500 for all non-cash buyers. As a result of these changes, EV sales fell in 2013 to only 58 units.[151]

ESB is providing the charging network, which will be made up of 46 fast-charging (50 kW DC) stations located at intervals on inter-urban national primary routes, 1,500 medium-speed(22 kW AC) public charging points distributed across all towns with population over 1500, and home chargers (3.6 kW , 16A) at no cost to the first 2,000 grant qualifying electric car owners.

The first station of the charger network was commissioned in August 2010.[152] At the end of 2011 the charging station map shows 50 AC charging places plus 10 DC stations – the AC chargers will be built to Type 2 sockets however some older charging spots still need to be rebuilt.[153] As of 2014 all 46 CHAdeMO fast chargers are operational and are slowly being replaced by tri-standard units capable of CHAdeMO, CCS and 44 kW AC power.

Analysis of the charge station network as of 2016[154] showed that the installed network coverage was extensive but weak with respect to fault resilience.

Luxembourg

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Luxembourg Chargy[155] 600 Type 2 Mode 3 up to 22 kW AC 2016 2021 Only 460 chargers are publicly accessible
2 Under Construction Luxembourg SuperChargy[155] 88 Type 2 CCS 160 kW to 320 kW DC 2021 2021

There is a national network of accelerated charging stations under the brand name of Chargy. A network of fast chargers is being constructed under the name of SuperChargy.[156]

The Netherlands

Charging station along a canal in Amsterdam

In 2009 the City of Amsterdam announced it will set up 200 charging stations by 2012.[157] In the first step the city will put up 100 stations from Coulomb Technologies in cooperation with Dutch utility Nuon and grid company Alliander.[157] The project "Amsterdam Elektrisch"[158] project includes 100 street-side charging stations plus 100 charging stations at car parks[159] The first one was put up on 6. November 2009, the 100th street-side charging station became operational on 4. March 2011, with also over 100 charging stations at car parks.[160] In April 2011, the City of Amsterdam announced the expansion of the street-side charging network with another 1000 charging stations, to be installed by Essent and a joint venture of Nuon and Heijmans.[161]

The Dutch government created the "Formula E Team," a working group collaborating with local governments, private companies and research institutes to create national and regional electric vehicle initiatives. The Foundation E-Laad.nl has the ambitious plan to put up 10,000 charging points by 2012.[70] The Dutch government and the regional grid companies help Foundation E-laad.nl to put up a charging station network adding 65 million Euro investment support in the timeframe 2009 to 2011.[162] The point of 500 charging stations (distributed over 125 communities) was reached on 24. June.[163] The point of 1000 charging stations was reached on 8. December 2011,[164] 1500 on 2. May 2012.[165] and 2500 on 22. August 2013.[166]

According to the roadmap of Formula E-Team the office has been created and the first RFI has started in August 2010; the results will be published in early November for comments and proposals with a definite guide for the infrastructure to be published in March 2011. The integration tests will run in mid of 2011 and the back office system for the networked charging stations to go live in late 2011 along with the "Charge Authority Board" for further development.[167] On 19. July 2010 the Formula E-Team has resolved that charge points in the Netherlands will be equipped with Type 2 Mode 3 sockets, based on a decision by providers from 9. April 2010 that will replace the earlier 5-pin CEE red sockets.[168][169]

The Netherlands is one of the first European markets for the Nissan Leaf;[170] It is also the first European country to adopt stations for the "level 3" fast-charging supported by the Leaf. Epyon has unveiled the first charging station at a gasoline station in Leeuwarden, in the northern province of Friesland.[171][172][173]

Year[174] Regular public charging points Regular semi-public Fast charging
2013 3512 2249 106
2014 5421 6439 254
2015 7395 10391 465
2016 11768 14320 612
2017 15288 17587 755
2018 20228 15633 1116
2019 27773 21747 1252
2020-05 32331 24527 1308
2020-06 33280 24954 1333
2020-07 34529 25406 1462

Poland

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Warsaw RWE 11 mains (230 V, 16 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) 2010 E-Mobility
2 Under Construction Warsaw GreenStream 130 CEE blue (230 V, 16 A) 2011 RWE
2 Under Construction Zielona Gora easyPoint 130 Ekoenergetyka-Zachod
3 Planned Warsaw, Gdańsk, Katowice,
Kraków, Mielec
GreenCars 330 2020 RWE

RWE and the "Green Stream Cluster"[175] have started in June 2010 to put up a network of 130 charging stations in Warsaw.[70] The Grean Stream Cluster project will run until mid of 2011.[176] The Green Stream Cluster will put up overall 330 charging stations in five cities: Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Kraków and Mielec.[176] "Ekoenergetyka-Zachod"[177] works on an electric vehicle network in the western cities of Zielona Gora (Grünberg), Sulechow, Pila (Schneidemühl) und Sieradz.[176]

Portugal

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Portugal MOBI.E 100 2010
2 Under Construction Portugal MOBI.E 1300 50x 2011 coop. Renault–Nissan

Renault–Nissan have signed a contract with MOBIE.Tech that was started back in 2008. There shall be 1300 new charging stations and 50 fastcharge stations within the 2011 timeframe.[70]

The government wants to enlarge to renewable energy sector up to 60% and usage of electric vehicles is considered an important strategy to cut dependency on imports. The MOBI.E network has installed 100 charging stations and it is deploying 1300 charging stations as well as 50 fast-charge stations in 25 cities up to June 2011.[178] The MOBI.E stations work with magnetic stripe card and bills are sent to the cell phone – the government hopes to export the concept to other countries.[179]

Slovenia

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Ljubljana municipal utilities 22 Schuko (16 A, 230 V) Type 2 /32 A 2012 elektro crpalke

An overview of available charging stations is provided by polni.si,[180] the biggest providers are Dravske Elektrarne Maribor, Elektro Celje, Elektro Gorenjska, Elektro Ljubljana, Elektro Maribor, Elektro Primorska and Petrol.[181] The municipal works Elektro Ljubljana[182] provides a number of public charging stations in the elektro-crpalke[183] network based on 400 V/32 A type or the domestic socket type (Schuko).

Spain

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Barcelona Endesa 55 Schuko (16 A, 230 V) 2010 Live Barcelona
1 Functional Galicia 14+7 Mode 3 IEC 62196 Type 2 (16 A, 230 V) Chademo 2011 BlueMobility for the Plan Mobega
2 Under Construction Barcelona Endesa 191 Schuko (16 A, 230 V) 2012 MOVELE
2 Under Construction Endesa 53x Chademo 2012
2 Under Construction Madrid Telefónica 30 2011 MOVELE
3 Planned Sevilla, Madrid, Barcelona Endesa 546 Schuko (16 A, 230 V) 2014 MOVELE
Telefónica phone booths are offering EV recharging
Charging station of Endesa in Barcelona 2011

In Madrid, Spain , a trial project will convert 30 former telephone boxes into charging points for electric cars. They are considered suitable, since telephone boxes are generally located at the roadside and are already connected to the electricity supply network. They would form part of a planned network of 546 charging points in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville, subsidised by the Spanish Government.[184] The charging grid is created for the MOVELE pilot project of the Institute for Diversification and Saving of Energy (Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía, IDAE) that is also providing for 2,000 electric vehicles to the field test.[185][186] The Spanish government has committed itself to have 1 million electric vehicles (fully electric and hybrid cars) in Spain by 2014.[186]

MOVELE network[187] Sevilla Madrid Barcelona TOTAL
charging points 75 280 191 546
station costs (€) 488,498 1,366,000 704,666 2,559,164
IDAE funding 144,000 586,000 287,000 1,017,000

The Chairman of Endesa, Borja Prado, together with a former mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, and the Chairman of Telefónica, César Alierta, have the phone booth in Madrid which can also be used for recharging electric vehicles. Reserved parking spaces will be located next to this and all other booths set up in Metropolitan areas where users will be able to park their EVs and recharge at no cost once they have obtained their free "zero emissions" pre-paid card from the Madrid city council.[188]

The "Live Barcelona"[189] map (sponsored by the Barcelona city council, the Energy state department of Catalonia, utility Endesa, car maker Seat) lists 138 charging spots in Barcelona with 55 of them functional (February 2011).

In September 2011 Endesa signed agreements with Mitsubishi, Renault–Nissan and the Japanese Chademo Foundation on the promotion of fast-charge stations.[190] Endesa will hold the Chademo Europe chair. As a consequence, Endesa will deploy two types of public charging spots – conventional charging (16 A, 230 V AC, Schuko type)[191] and rapid charging (125 A, 400 V DC, Chademo type).[192] In October 2011 Endesa ordered 53 rapid charging stations to be built by GE in strategic places in Spain.[193]

The Galicia region is creating a research cluster (Clúster de Empresas de Automoción de Galicia / Ceaga). The infrastructure side (Plan Mobega – Plan de movilidad eléctrica de Galicia) includes the implementation of a network of multifunctional electromobility stations located at rent-a-car stations. The current installation includes 7 Multifunctional Electromobility stations[194] which are located in the main metropolitan areas of Galicia and a fleet of 28 electric vehicles. The project was started in September 2011 and will continue until Enero 2013.

United Kingdom

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment

1 Functional

UK Osprey Charging 250 Type 2 and CHAdeMO (50 kW, DC) CCS (50 kW-175 kW, DC) 2016 2021 High-power rapid charging
1 Functional England North East Elektromotive 400 BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) 2010 2012 One NorthEast
1 Functional England Other Elektromotive 287 BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) 2007 2011
1 Functional Scotland Elektromotive 120 BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) 2010 2012
1 Functional England Zero Carbon World 166[195] BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) CEE blue (230 V 32 A) and Type 2 Mode 3 (230 V, 32 A) 2010 2012 High power and free to use
1 Functional London Siemens 1300 BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) (230 V, 32 A)[196] 2011 2013 Source London
1 Functional UK Ecotricity, network since taken over by Gridserve 544 Type 2 Mode 3 (480 V, 32 A 3 phase) and CHAdeMO (50-100 kW, DC) CCS (50-350  kW, DC) 2011 2022 Rapid charging located at Motorway service area's to allow inter-city travel
1 Functional UK BP Pulse 778 Type 2 Mode 3 (480 V, 32-63 A 3 phase) and CHAdeMO (50-100 kW, DC) CCS (50-150  kW, DC) 2008 2022 Nationwide charging network, formerly known as Polar, taken over by BP.
1 Functional UK Gridserve 300[197] CHAdeMO (50-100 kW, DC) CCS (50-350  kW, DC) 2017 2022 Rapid charging located at UK Motorway Service Areas
1 Functional UK Instavolt 683 CHAdeMO (50-100 kW, DC) CCS (50-350  kW, DC) 2016 2022 Rapid charging located at shopping centres, pubs, cafes, restaurants
2 Under Construction Elektromotive 4000 BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) 2012
2 Under Construction Scotland (funding program) 44 Type 2 Mode 3 (230 V, 32 A), Type 2 Mode 3 (400 V, 32 A) and CHAdeMO (70 kW or 50 kW, DC) 2012 2013 "Plugged-In Places" grant with deadline 31 March 2013[198]
3 Planned London, North-East 2500 2012 plus 11,000 private stations
3 Planned London 2500 2015 plus 22,000 private stations
3 Planned Central Scotland, the East of England, Greater Manchester, Milton Keynes, the North East of England, Northern Ireland (funding program) 8500 2015 "Plugged-In Places" counting home, work and public charging stations
3 Planned Zero Carbon World 1000 BS 1363 (230 V 13 A) Type 2 Mode 3 (230 V, 32 A)[199] 2012 donation program

Électricité de France is partnering with Elektromotive, Ltd.[200] to install 250 new charging points over six months from October 2007 in London and elsewhere in the UK.[201] By November 2011 there are 687 Electrobay charging stations (200 in London) and it plans to build 4000 charging points throughout 2012.[202] Elektromotive has provided 400 public access charge points to the "Charge your Car" network of One NorthEast in 2010[203] and it has installed more than 120 charge points across Scotland.[204]

The Renault–Nissan Alliance and UK company Elektromotive,[205] a provider of electric vehicle recharging stations, are collaborating in the Partnership for Zero-Emission-Mobility, with the aim of accelerating the installation of charging networks for plug-in vehicles in cities. The Alliance and Elektromotive have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.[206]

A fleet of electric cars and charge points will be rolled out across Coventry (England ) as part of a multimillion-pound pilot project.[207]

The Department for Transport (DfT) announced in April 2009 that £230 million would be allocated to incentivise the market uptake of EVs in the UK. The scheme will become operational in 2011 and each EV purchaser could receive a rebate of between £2,000 -£5,000. Electric vehicles are exempt from purchase and annual vehicle tax. From April 2010, purchasers of an average new car (Band G) will pay a one off £155 showroom tax and an annual vehicle tax of £155.EVs are tax free.[208]

On 25 February 2010, London, the North East region and Milton Keynes were selected to be the lead places for electric vehicle infrastructure. In total, their plans will result in over 2,500 charge points in the first year and over 11,000 in the next three years, at a variety of publicly accessible car parks, transport hubs and workplaces.[209]

The London mayor called for an E-revolution in March 2009 and he presented the "Electric Delivery Plan for London" in May 2009.[208] The plan projects 25,000 charging points London by 2015 including 500 on-street, 2000 off-street in car-parks and 22,000 privately owned locations. London itself will buy 1000 electric vehicles up to 2015. Owners of an electric car will not need to pay the Congestion Charge for the city of London being worth up to £1,700 a year. At that point (May 2009) London already had 100 charge points in public places which will be increased to 250 by 2012. Beginning 2011 20% of new lots in car parks must have access to a charging outlet. Additionally, the parking in the Westminster boroughs will be free for electric vehicles saving the user up to £6,000 a year and a flat rate of £200 electricity cost is charged for the usage of public outlets in Westminster.

As of February 2011 the "Source London" project has contracted Siemens to build a network of public charging stations in London. At least 1,300 charging points will be installed by the end of 2013 in public locations and streets across the Capital. Transport for London (TfL) has also finalised a contract that will see Siemens manage the operation of the network and registration of drivers. The deal between TfL and Siemens will see Siemens run the Source London back office to March 2014 at no cost.[210] Up to July 2011 there were 180 charging stations.[211] and in November 2011 more than 200.[212] The number of charging stations reached 790 in October 2012 with plans to increase that to 1300 in 2013.[213] The goal of 1300 publicly accessible charging stations was met on 16 May 2013.[214]

In July 2011 a charity called Zero Carbon World announced their Charge Points Everywhere network, their aim is to help business's install free to use charge points on their business's with the implicit understanding the person using the charge point will use the services of that business. The connections themselves are standard 32 and 13amp connectors and the inclusion of the 32amp connector means that car with powerful chargers such as Tesla can charge much faster than with the 13a connectors on the majority of chargers[215] On 15 February 2012, the alliance announce to donate 1000 charging stations for free adding up on the existing 76 charging stations that are already deployed.[216]

The "Plugged-In Places" program of the Department of Transport offers grants for charging station networks in the United Kingdom. The development plan identifies 8 regions to be in a strategic focus – Central Scotland, the East of England, Greater Manchester, Milton Keynes, the North East of England and Northern Ireland – with a target of 8500 chargepoints.[217] Following the ACEA position paper the government program favours moving to a dedicated recharging connector of Type 2 Mode 3.[217] Referring to the PIP program an open tender in Newcastle upon Tyne identifies the goal to have 75% of the charging stations to offer Type 2 Mode 3 sockets including to switch over existing charging stations to that type.[218]

The UK has limited electric vehicle charging network roaming providers. Paua and AllStar provides this service for businesses.[219][220]

North America

United States

Status Region Provider Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional U.S. Alternative Fuels Data Center Summary 7902 1992 April
2014
USA wide
1 Functional Nationwide Tesla 9,233[221] Tesla 63-250 kW 2010 Nov 2020 In 933 stations.
1 Functional Nationwide Electrify America
1 Functional Portland Portland G. Electric 20 SAE J1772[222][223] 2008 2010
1 Functional California, Seattle, Texas, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Hawaii, Washington, D.C SemaConnect SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2010 2014 SemaConnect
1 Functional California ChargePoint 580 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2010 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional Washington State ChargePoint 237 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional Chicago Area JNS Power 350 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional Boston ChargePoint 108 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional New York / New Jersey ChargePoint 128 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional Washington DC / Baltimore ChargePoint 164 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional Florida ChargePoint 275 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional San Antonio / Houston ChargePoint 261 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V 30 A) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
1 Functional San Diego EV Project 261 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V) 2012 ECOtality
1 Functional Seattle EV Project 407 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V) 2012 ECOtality
1 Functional Houston EV Project 177 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V) 2012 ECOtality
1 Functional Tennessee EV Project 365 SAE J1772 Level-II (240 V) 2012 ECOtality
1 Functional South Carolina EATON 100 SAE J1772 (some of them) 2010 state program
1 Functional Dallas/Houston EVgo 15 SAE J1772 2010 EVgo
1 Functional Hawaii BetterPlace 140/200 2011 2012 DEBDT program
2 Under Construction SF Bay Area 109 2010 California ARB
2 Under Construction San Diego EV Project 1500 SAE J1772 (220 V) 2012 ECOtality
2 Under Construction Texas EVgo 50 SAE J1772 2010 EVgo
2 Under Construction California EVgo 200 SAE J1772 2012 EVgo
2 Under Construction Detroit, New York, Wash.DC,
California, Washington, Austin
ChargePoint 4600* SAE J1772 (optional) 2011 2012 Coulomb Tech
3 Planned San Diego, Arizona, Seattle,
Oregon, Tennessee, Dallas
EV Project 6350 SAE J1772 (220 V) 310x Level-3 DC 2012Q4 ECOtality
3 Out of service California, Arizona GM EV1 500 mains (110 V) MagneCharge (220 V, 30 A) 1996 2001 program cancelled

Infrastructure has been installed by Coulomb Technologies in Arizona; CaliforniaSan Francisco , San Jose, Walnut Creek, and Sonoma; Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Massachusetts ; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York City ; Cary, North Carolina; Ohio; Portland, Oregon , Oregon; Nashville, Tennessee ; Texas ; Seattle, Washington; Wisconsin. Gilbarco Veeder-Root are partnering with Coulomb to advance public charging facilities. Gilbarco exhibited Coulomb Technologies' Smartlet Charging Station at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show in October 2008.[224] At the end of 2008, Coulomb Technologies planned to roll out five curbside charging stations in downtown San Jose that drivers can access through a prepaid plan. The company was working with entities in Las Vegas Nevada, New York and Florida to do something similar there.[225] Coulomb Technologies has announced to provide 1000 free public charging stations until December 2010.[226] They also plan to expand its "ChargePoint America network"[227] to 4600 free home and public level-2 charging stations until October 2011 in nine regions: Austin, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Orlando, Florida; Sacramento, California; the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, California; Redmond, Washington; and Washington DC.[226] The $37 million ChargePoint America program is made possible by a $15M grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the Department of Energy. So far 149 stations are operational according to the ChargePoint map, 51 stations are in California.[228] New York joins the ChargePoint network building more than 100 charging stations in public places until October 2011.[229][230] In April 2012 the first milestone of the Chargepoint America program has been reached with Colulomb Technologies having delivered 2400 public and commercial charging stations, the actual installation of its Level 2 (240 V 30 A) stations in the 10 participating regions will continue.[231]

Infrastructure is planned by Better Place for Hawaii, Oregon, and California – the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles , San Diego, and the highway and freeway corridors between them.[232][233]

Other companies that are building charging stations throughout the U.S. are ECOtality[234] and SolarCity[235]

In the initial phase of "The EV Project"[236] of ECOtality there are 11 participating cities: Phoenix (AZ), Tucson (AZ), San Diego (CA), Portland, Oregon (OR), Eugene (OR), Salem (OR), Corvallis (OR), Seattle (WA), Nashville (TN), Knoxville (TN) and Chattanooga (TN).[237] The contract for the "EV Project" was signed on 1 October 2009, with the US Department of Energy and it includes 8,300 Level 2 chargers installed in owner's homes; 6,350 Level 2 chargers installed in commercial and public locations; and 310 Level 3 DC fast-chargers.[238] The EV project will run for 36 months. The public charging stations will be put up beginning in summer 2010. Texas has joined the EV Project in July 2010.[239] San Diego will take a share of 1,500 public charging stations and 1,000 home base charging points.[240][241] The first milestone of The EV Project has been reached in April 2012.[242]

Portland General Electric installs 12 electric vehicle charging stations in Portland, Oregon and Salem, Oregon until September 2008[243] and it has installed 20 charging stations by 2010 as part of a demonstration project to develop the transportation infrastructure needed to support electric vehicles and plug-in cars.

NRG Energy has announced to create a network of 50 charging stations in northern Texas under the "EVgo" brand.[244] In March 2012 the company announced to build a network of 200 fast-charging stations in California over the next four years.[245] By 30 Dec. 2015 EVgo has installed over 1,000 chargers in over 25 markets.[246] NRG EVgo has developed partnerships to build infrastructure and offer complimentary charging with Nissan,[247] BMW[248] and Ford.[249]

In Virginia, with the participation of the Town of Wytheville, and several businesses, Plugless Power inductive charging stations began field testing in March 2010.[250] South Carolina has unveiled its "Plug in Carolina" program including 100 public charging stations in December 2010[251] In San Antonio, TX, a downtown church (Travis Park United Methodist Church) made Level 1 charging available in its parking lot in 2009.[252]

The DBEDT ministry of Hawaii had a state rebate program "EV Ready Grant" that was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the program was offering $4500 for a full-speed commercially available electric vehicle and $500 for electric vehicle chargers.[253] The "EV Ready Grant" program is followed by the "EV Ready Rebate" program offering 20% of the purchase price with a maximum of $4500 for a full-speed commercially available electric vehicle and 30% of the purchase prices with a maximum of $500 for electric vehicle chargers.[254] Charging equipment is expected follow the standards including SAE J1772.[254] The designated Transportation Working Group expects 200 charging stations to be available in 2010[255] In February 2012 it was announced to have Betterplace activate its multi-island network of 130 charging stations (Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island).[256] The Hawaii rebate program is being continued with having reached a score of 372 funded vehicles and 246 chargers, and by April 2012 approximately 220 charging stations have been installed as part of the EV Ready Grant Program.[257] The Hawaii station database[258] lists the 200 public charging stations in 80 locations that were available up to March 2012, about 140 have been installed by BetterPlace.[259]

In California the car maker Tesla has put up 18 public charging stations.[260] Within the SF Bay Area Activities & Coalition has identified 109 locations to put up public charging stations beginning 2009 based on funding by ARRA.[261] The last California "ZEV Program Review symposium"[262] was held on 23. September 2009, the next one is scheduled for late summer 2010.[263] In the past there had been a charging station network to support the General Motors EV1 that had installed 500 public charging station.[264]

The U.S. Department of Energy offers a list of locations of the available alternative fuel infrastructure. The historic trend summary (1992–2010) shows a total of 541 electric charging locations by 2010 which had been still lower than the peak count of 873 charging locations in 2002.[265] (As of November 2020) the total count of public electric charge stations in the United States had increased to 27,458.[266]

Electrify America operates one of the largest public electric vehicle DC fast charging networks in the United States, with more than 500 charging locations and over 2,200 individual charging units, as of 2020. The company expects to install or have under development approximately 800 stations with about 3,500 DC fast chargers by December 2021.[267]

Canada

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional National Sun Country Highway 1000 varies No 2012 Includes entire length of the Trans-Canada Highway main route.
1 Functional National FLO 2,127 SAE J1772 50 kW CCS, CHAdeMO 2011 2020 Members can access chargers of The Electric Circuit and eCharge, BC Hydro EV, ChargePoint networks[268]
1 Functional Quebec The Electric Circuit 2,389[269] SAE J1772 50 kW CCS, CHAdeMO 2012 2020 Members can access chargers of FLO and eCharge networks
1 Functional British Columbia BC Hydro EV[270] 60[271] CHAdeMO yes 2011 2016 New stations will be dual-standard CHAdeMO/CCS; existing ones will be upgraded
1 Functional Vancouver City of Vancouver 78 SAE J1772 1 station 2011 2016 1 CHAdeMO charger installed at Empire Fields
1 Functional New Brunswick eCharge 79 SAE J1772 50 kW CCS, CHAdeMO 2017 2020 Members can access chargers of the FLO and The Electric Circuit networks

In 2012, a series of free public electric vehicle charging stations were installed along the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway by a private company, Sun Country Highway, permitting electric vehicle travel across the entire length, as demonstrated by the company's president in a publicity trip in a Tesla Roadster. (As of 2012) this made it the longest electric vehicle ready highway in the world.[272][273] The same company also partnered with Canadian rural hardware retailer Peavey Mart to add free public charging stations to its 29 stores across Western Canada[274] and includes chargers located at Best Western hotels in Canada and the US on its online map of EV charging stations. (As of 2013) the company's total network was over 700 chargers with plans to reach 1000 chargers by year end.[274]

From 2011 to 2014, the City of Vancouver installed[275] publicly accessible Level 2 charging stations in a variety of locations, including community centres, shopping malls, curbside, and other locations throughout the city. In 2008, the city changed the Building Bylaw to require 20% of parking stalls in apartments and condos, and all stalls in houses to be electric vehicle ready. In 2013, the bylaw was updated so that 10% of stalls in mixed-use and commercial buildings are also ready for electric vehicles.

In a March 2016 news release,[276] the Government of British Columbia stated that the CEV Program[277] investments have supported over 550 public Level 2 charging stations, and 30 DC fast charging stations.

South America

Brazil

As of 2022, Brazil had around 1,250 stations, with 47% stations concentrated in the state of São Paulo[278]

Uruguay

In January 2016, UTE opened the first charging station in Montevideo, exclusive for taxis.[279]

In December 2017, UTE and Ancap opened a charging station network that connects Colonia del Sacramento, Rosario, Puntas de Valdez, Montevideo, San Luis and Punta del Este, with stations every 65 km. The stations at the Carrasco Airport and Colonia have 43 kW, whereas the other stations have 22 kW.[280]

Asia

China

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Beijing outskirts North China Grid 100 (240 V) 2010 plus 3 stations
2 Under Construction 27 cities State Grid Corp 75 stations 2010 dozens of outlets per station
2 Under Construction Zhejiang State Grid Corp 7,200 173 stations 2011 dozens of outlets per station
3 Planned State Grid Corp 6,209 2010 plus some battery swap stations
4 Proposed State Grid Corp 220,000 2351 stations 2015

China's first large electric charging station for electric vehicles—the Tangshan Nanhu EV Charging Station – was put into service on 31 March 2010. Five cities in northern Hebei province – Tangshan, Zhangjiakou, Qinhuangdao, Langfang and Chengde – want to build three charging stations and 100 charging poles in 2010.[281]

Shandong is the province with most car manufacturers in China. The province planned to start in May 2010 with a charging station for 45 cars. According to China's State Grid Corporation, 75 electric vehicle charging stations are planned in 27 cities across China by the end of 2010.[282][283] Additionally 6,209 charging posts and some battery replacement stations had been planned for 2010.[283] The State Grid Corporation China announced success in distributing 7,031 charge poles in Hangzhou-Jinhua and wants to add 211 additional charging poles in 2011 along with 173 charging stations.[citation needed]

China is planning on installing 10 million electric vehicle charging stations by 2020.[284][285] In the 12th Five Year Plan (2011–2015) China wants to deploy 2,351 charge and replacement power stations and 220,000 charge spots.[286] The reason is to get rid of crude oil imports which makes for 54 percent of the oil usage and cars accounted for 40 percent of national oil consumption (2010).

India

India has a burgeoning EV charging ecosystem. Primary providers are Tata Power, Joulepoint, and Fortum.[287]

Japan

Infrastructure is planned by Better Place and Nissan for Yokohama.[288]

Singapore

Infrastructure is planned by Robert Bosch[289] and Keppel Energy for Singapore[290]

Middle East

Israel

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Tel Aviv BetterPlace 1 2010 BetterPlace demo center
1 Functional Israel Gnrgy 4 2011
2 Under Construction Israel BetterPlace 200 2011 behind time
2 Under Construction Israel Gnrgy 25 2011
3 Planned Israel BetterPlace 400 and 40 swap stations 2011 coop. Renault
3 Planned Israel Gnrgy 500 2012
4 Proposed Israel BetterPlace 220 2011 coop. Israel Railways

Israel has enacted policies that create a tax differential between zero-emission vehicles and traditional cars, to accelerate the transition to electric cars.[291]

Better Place began to build its first electric vehicle network in Israel in conjunction with French car-maker, Renault.[292] The company conducted its first market tests in Israel, Denmark and Hawaii[293] because their small size also made them suitable as test markets.[294] Better Place opened its first functional charging station in Israel the first week of December 2008 at Cinema City in Pi-Glilot, and additional stations were planned in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Kfar Saba, Holon, and Jerusalem.[295]

In March 2011 Better Place presented a detailed plan for network construction, including 40 battery swap stations and 400 charging stations across Israel. 200 locations were said to be under construction or planned at the end of 2011,[296] but that goal was not reached. On 26 May 2013, Better Place filed for bankruptcy in Israel, having terminated its projects in most markets.

Gnrgy, originally a producer of mobile charging solutions[buzzword], entered the market as an alternative to Betterplace. On 29 February 2012 it partnered with Pango, provider of parking billing solutions[buzzword], to set up a series of charging stations throughout Israel.[297]

Oceania

Australia

Status Region Provider Number Connector FastCharge Started Updated Comment
1 Functional Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney ChargePoint 20 AS 3112 (230 V, 15 A) SAE J1772[298] (230 V 32 A) 2010 2012 1 additional non-public demo station
1 Functional Brisbane, Townsville, Adelaide, Perth ChargePoint 16 SAE J1772[298] 2011 2012
1 Functional Perth (project foundation) 23 Type 2 Mode 3 (415 V 32 A) (240 V 32 A) 2010 2012 REV Project (University of Western Australia)
1 Functional Melbourne ECOtality+Exigency 1 AS 3112 (230 V, 15 A) SAE J1772 2010 140 William St car park
3 Planned Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane highway corridor Tesla Motors ~16 2014 2016 [299]
4 Proposed Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Newcastle BetterPlace 20 SAE J1772 2012 2013

Australia currently has thirteen electric vehicle charging stations across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra from Coulomb Technologies. They opened in 2010 and 2011.[298] One charge point from ECOtality has been installed in the car park at 140 William Street in Melbourne CBD with Exigency[300] providing project management and metering. ChargePoint has expanded its service to eight cities by 2012 (Perth 3, Adelaide 5, Melbourne 10, Canberra 2, Sydney 8, Brisbane 6, Townsville 3, Hobart 1).[298]

Construction of infrastructure (charging spots and battery switching stations) had been proposed by Better Place for the major cities Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Australia would have become the third country in the world to have an electric car network in a bid to run the country's 15 million cars on batteries powered by green energy under a plan announced in October 2008.[301] Better Place filed for bankruptcy in Israel on 25 May, shortly after pulling out of Australia.[302][303] The original plan to deploy as much as 200,000 charging stations was stopped in January 2013, after just 20 public charge spots had been installed.[304]

In May 2011 CO2 Smart has completed a fast recharge network in test city Perth. Electromotive has provided 11 dual-headed IEC-compatible fast-charge stations at 32A to be used with the CO2 Smart of the test fleet.[305][306] In the test drive the European connectors have been preferred over the American connectors since Australia (like Europe) does have three-phase power (at 415 V) in most home locations.[306] The fast-charge outlets connect with a special 8-pin IEC-compatible round connector integrating single-phase and three-phase power[307][308] The project of the University of Western Australia was continued with 23 public charging stations available by September 2012 featuring Type 2 connectors at 32 A.[309][310]

United States EV manufacturer Tesla Motors formally launched in Australia in December 2014, announcing their intention to build their supercharger network along the highway between Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney by the end of 2015, and extending to Brisbane by the end of 2016.[299]

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