Electric vehicles are more and more popular in Europe, including in car rental fleets, but in some countries they won’t be as easy to charge as in others.
Almost 50% of all the available chargers are in the Netherlands and Germany. The numbers for the two tell a different story, however: There are 90,284 chargers in the Netherlands, which accounts for less than 1% of Europe’s land area; Germany with 8% has 59,410. France is third with 37,128.
Belgium, which is in 6th place, is taking steps to change the picture; a former Esso station (above) is the first to be converted from gasoline to electric charging under a program that aims to convert 100 stations by 2024, with 12 of them online this year.
