Germany Upped EV Access 27% in 2016
Germany Increases Electric Car Charging Points 27 Percent in 2016
Vera Eckert w/Victoria Bryan, March 24, 2016 (Reuters via U.S. News & World Report)
“The number of electric car charging points for public use in Germany rose by 27 percent last year, including hundreds more fast-charging units…Germany now has 7,407 charging points…Of those added last year, 292 units were fast charging (direct current) points that can reload an electric car in minutes instead of hours…With public and government support growing for electric car technologies, utilities such as Innogy and E.ON are building up charging networks to tap into the market…[but government funding is] still important to make it viable to operate charging points, given the low numbers of electric cars…The number of electric cars in Germany rose 29 percent to 77,153 in 2016, up from just 4,000 in 2011…” click here for more
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