Last year, the number of electric cars on Swedish streets increased by 45% and it is estimated that another 100,000 new electric cars will be in Swedish hands by 2022. With this development, public charging points are needed - and Sweden is lagging behind. This is reported by di.se, referring to figures from the industry associations Bil Sweden and the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.
The EU recommends that there should be one public charging point for every ten chargeable cars, and further recommends that they should be located every ten miles along major roads. Today, Sweden has not come closer than one charging point per 20 chargeable cars.
A contributing factor is that decision-making processes are not in step with what is required to switch to green transport, suggests the article from DI.
- The reason we have fallen behind is not due to a lack of public funding, but rather to shortcomings in the bureaucratic processes, says Mattias Bergman at Bil Sweden to DI.
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It also raises the issue of landowners raising prices along motorways as a result of the target of one charging point every ten miles.
On the other hand, there are good financial opportunities for companies to install charging points, for example through investment aid.
Today, both the Swedish Transport Administration and the Riksdag are working to find solutions that make it easier to develop the country's public charging infrastructure - both among network companies and among the country's municipalities and regions. In addition, the government will soon present an electrification strategy to overcome the challenges.
- We have ongoing investigations for many different infrastructures. In these investigations, we are examining and looking at different solutions to simplify and make it easier. What we in Parliament can do above all is to take a closer look at the Environmental Code, and also at how we can cooperate better nationally with different authorities," Monica Haider (S), member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, told DI.
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