Charging Stations: +51% in France in One Year

The Avere electric vehicle charging barometer announces that the number has exceeded 75,000 in France, but with disparities depending on power.

Sales of electric cars are rising rapidly in France, but are the charging stations keeping up? Don’t worry, and even better, their number is increasing even faster in the country according to the latest Avere-France November 2022 barometer.

Almost 90% of new slow charging stations

As of October 31, 2022, France registers 75,279 charging points spread across mainland France and overseas territories. This represents 3,649 new outlets compared to September 2022 for users of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Half of these are slow chargers under 7.4 kW, and 89% under 22 kW. There are 356 new fast charging points, including 128 ultra-fast ones (+150 kW).

The growth is therefore spectacular compared to the previous two years. In October 2021, there were still 49,914 charging points, a 51% increase. This is also +141% compared to October 2019, which totaled 31,397 charging points. The number of points is also three times higher than at the end of 2018 and five times the volume at the end of 2016.

Number of recharges per station doubled in one year!

A new data point from the Avere barometer shows the recharge rate per station. While a charging station recorded only 7 recharges per month on average in October 2021, this number has doubled. It jumped to about 15 in spring and summer, stabilizing at around 14 charges per station per month this fall.

Another statistic is the availability of charging stations by power type. Those delivering alternating current (AC) of 22 kW or less had an availability of 81.8% in October. The fast chargers between 50 and 149 kW had a lower availability at 78.8%, while ultra-fast stations (150 kW and above) have better reliability with 84.7% availability for the month.

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