Charging infrastructure for electric cars: almost 150,000 public charging points

The charging infrastructure continues to expand rapidly. The Federal Network Agency has published new figures. According to these figures, there were 114,794 public AC and 31,063 DC charging points across Germany on September 1, 2024. A total charging capacity of 5.38 GW could be provided at the same time.

AC ahead in expansion

The expansion of 22 kW AC charging points continues to lead the way. Their number rose from 72,829 on September 1 2023 to 87,162 one year later. In the case of fast-charging points, the number of which rose from 21,498 to 31,063, two developments are primarily striking. The number of those with 149 to 299 kW rose from 8047 (September 1, 2023) to 11,575 –, an increase of 44 percent. Charging points with at least 300 kW increased by 64 percent – from 5657 to 9253.

The pace of expansion still varies from region to region. In North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria, the number of public charging points increased by 6351 and 5235 respectively within a year. By comparison, only 674 new charging points were connected to the grid in Brandenburg and 1371 in Rhineland-Palatinate. As of September 1, 2024, there were a total of 8495 charging point operators. The leader is EnBW with 7904, followed by E.ON with 4275, Tesla with 2877, Mercedes with 2619 and EWE Go with 2361 charging points.

Rapid development

A look back illustrates just how rapidly the grid expansion is progressing overall. On January 1, 2023, 90,786 public charging points were connected to the network across Germany. Just over a year and a half later, this figure has grown by around 55,000. There is undoubtedly still a lot to do in this respect, but the expansion of the charging infrastructure is making rapid progress.

(mfz)