As of March 2026, all countries in the bloc except for Malta exceeded overall charging capacity minimums based on the number of battery EVs on each member country’s roads.
Nearly all EU countries are hitting their capacity targets around electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure provision, according to environmental advocacy group the European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E).
New research provided by the group recorded that there were 1.1m public chargers for EVs in the EU by the end of 2025, five times more than in 2020.
As of March 2026, all countries in the bloc except for Malta had exceeded overall charging capacity minimums based on the number of battery EVs on each member country’s roads.
The targets are derived from the EU’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which came into effect in April 2024.
