European Market Monitor QuarterlyEuropean car and van market and charging infrastructure development: January–December 2023 – International Council on Clean Transportation

Charging infrastructure development

Nearly 700,000 public charging points were installed in Europe by the end of 2023, up from around 650,000 at the end of September. For alternating current (AC) charging, this represents an increase of around 35% compared with the end of 2022. Direct current (DC) charging points showed even greater growth, increasing 61% over the end of 2022. Approximately 84% of Europe’s public charging points supply AC, while the remaining 16% supply DC. In addition to considerable shares of BEV registrations, Denmark also recorded the largest growth in terms of AC chargers in 2023 compared with 2022 (+109%) and the second-largest growth in DC chargers (+134%). Only Belgium (+154%) recorded a greater increase in DC charging points in the same period. There were on average about 4.2 22 kW-equivalent publicly accessible charging points installed per thousand passenger cars and vans on the road at the end of December 2023, up from 3.8 at the end of September. With nearly 31 22 kW-equivalent publicly accessible charging points per thousand passenger cars and vans, Norway continues to lead Europe in charging infrastructure expansion, followed by Iceland (17), the Netherlands (13), Denmark (13), and Sweden (11). Italy (1.9) and Spain (1.7) remain well below the European average.

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