Favorable legislation helping, charging stations are beginning to multiply in condominiums. All is not yet won, however.
A step back in terms of electrification seems very unlikely now that the various Member States of the European Union have agreed on the fact that the sale of new thermal vehicles will be prohibited from 2035. Admittedly, it should have a little room for synthetic fuels, it was a wish of Germany and our friends from across the Rhine won their case, but it is above all 100% electric cars that are called upon to multiply in the coming years, both in the manufacturers’ ranges and on our roads. However, today there are still too many obstacles to the purchase of a zero-emission model.
In addition to autonomy, which remains the main concern of consumers, there is also the problem of recharging. What’s the point of opting for such a vehicle if you can’t recharge either at home or at work? However, we note the best with regard to charging in a collective environment, as well as the latest statements from the French Association of Recharge Operators (AFOR) attest to this.
Contracts multiply
This is a subject not to be taken lightly insofar as “45% of French housing” is “in collective buildings”, announces AFOR from the outset. Promoting this type of installation is also good for the wallet, slow charging is the one that costs, and by far, the least expensive, especially if it is done during off-peak hours. At the end of 2020, the government intended to promote the development of slow charging by reducing VAT to 5.5% for the installation of a home terminal and also by passing a decree (n°2020-1720 ) facilitating their construction in condominiums. Since then, property owners and trustees have been prohibited from refusing installation, unless they have a serious and legitimate reason. The effects of these multiple devices are beginning to be felt.
In the space of a few years, contract signatures and installations have multiplied. Main example put forward by AFOR: “at the end of March 2023, the solutions proposed by AFOR members were selected for more than 1,500,000 parking spaces”. This is not nothing when you know that this totals “more than 23% of the 6,500,000 parking spaces in condominiums in France”, a figure that we owe to INSEE. In detail, it should be noted that the number of co-ownerships having “validated a collective infrastructure at a General Meeting and signed an agreement with an operator” has doubled in one year (5,157 buildings signed at the end of the 1st quarter of 2023 compared to 2,282 at the end of the 1st quarter of 2022). The number of infrastructures installed has followed almost the same path with a virtual doubling: 20,315 buildings installed at the end of March 2023, 13,010 at the end of March 2022. The same evolution for the number of spaces signed which increased from 208,235 in the 1st quarter of 2023 to 421,302 in the 1st quarter of 2023.
A number of terminals still insufficient at the national level
However, and as noted by AFOR, if “the number of terminals actually installed is also growing very strongly” (+84.1%), this remains very low in absolute value at the national level with 9,724 nationwide terminals. There is still a long, very long way to go. Note, however, that growth is much faster than that of public access terminals (+53.0% in one year). Let’s hope she doesn’t run out of steam!
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