Poly_and_RA t1_jealmgc wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:55 PM

Many EU-countries will reach this goal "organically" i.e. by pure market-mechanisms before that date anyway. One charger every 60km along the main roads isn't a huge number of chargers, and many of these already exist, or are being built, to meet demand, even in the absence of any mandate.

The mandate will likely result in a few extra stations needing to be built during the few roads that are part of ten-t -- but have low enough demand that it's not otherwise directly profitable to build one. That's nice for people with EVs since it'll mean that there'll be frequent chargers along ALL of EUs main roads, rather than just most of EUs main roads.

perestroika-pw t1_jeas5j6 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:37 PM

I agree, this is the point (at this point of time) - not leaving people stranded, and not screwing over people in the countryside.

One-Carob-800 t1_jebne2n wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Right, and screw the market, the customers, and actual demand. A bunch of unelected technocrats in Brussels will ... control the market. Great. Thank God Britan got out of that.

Poly_and_RA t1_jedx0cx wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:15 AM

In which way does it screw any of this to create a political obligation to finance charging-stations at the relatively few places where a European main-road doesn't have sufficient demand that the market alone will ensure that chargers are installed?

It'll cost taxpayers a bit of money of course. On the other hand it'll be a benefit for competition between EVs and ICEs that consumers will know they can buy either type of vehicle and feel certain that there'll be sufficient chargers along ALL main-roads in the EU.

And let's get real; a few charging-stations is small fry. It's not as if this decision will amount to more than an utterly TRIVIAL fraction of the transport-budget in EU.