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Company C will build them. Europe standardized on CCS chargers and CCS type 2 combo plugs quite a while ago. All brands of charger on all charging networks cha

• tzs 3y ago
  If that were generally the case there would be no need for them to legislate that there must be fast chargers every 60 km. So what happens when no company actually wants to build chargers in a place where the legislation requires chargers?
  • clouddrover 3y ago
    > If that were generally the case there would be no need for them to legislate that there must be fast chargers every 60 km. It's still early days for EV infrastructure, even in Europe. They're setting the direction. > So what happens when no company actually wants to build chargers in a place where the legislation requires chargers? They aren't specifying particular locations, just maximum spacing. Member states can incentivize deployment however they like. And there are deployment exemptions available for exceptional cases where there just isn't going to be the traffic: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IPR78504/fit-for-55-deal-on-charging-and-fuelling-stations-for-alternative-fuels https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IP... A lot of it will be as simple as adding more chargers to existing fuel stations along those routes. Circle K, Shell, BP, etc. have been doing that for years.