EU adopts law to cover core road network in fast chargers at every 60km from 2025

The Council of the European Union has just adopted a law that would see countries canvas the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) with fast chargers at 37 miles intervals, effectively eliminating range anxiety between major cities from Portugal to Finland and in between.

The regulation would see that from December 31 2025 onward, charging stations will offer at least one point with 150kW of power and at least 400kW of total output. Then, from December 31 2027 onward, the total output will be increased to 600kW with the same individual charging point requirement of 150kW. That minimum requirement means there will no longer be stations marketed as 150kW that don't deliver at least that, at least on one of their points.

Building the charging network will take time. The mandated deployment is for at least 50% of the comprehensive roads along the TEN-T by the end of 2027. The full deployment will need to happen by the end of 2030.

The other big part of the regulation requires that the charging stations support ad-hoc payments via cards or contactless devices without the need for a subscription. Operators will be required to clearly list their prices and provide wait times and charger availability via electronic means.

This is a big part of the EU's "Fit for 55" package which is the bloc's goal to reduce greenhouse emissions by 55% before 2030 and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

The EU estimates that Transportation accounts for 25% of the bloc's greenhouse emissions and 71% of that is due to road cars.

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