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>It's even better in western Europe Where? Because here in Austria public EV charging infrastructure is next to non existent. Ironically it's best in Vienna w
by Rinzler89 2y ago
>It's even better in western Europe
Where? Because here in Austria public EV charging infrastructure is next to non existent.
Ironically it's best in Vienna where car ownership is lowest due to excellent public transportation but next to no existing in the other smaller cities where car ownership is highest.
It's bonkers.
- pornel 2y agoI have first hand good experience from France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany. I've also driven across Poland, and that was where I had to start planning charging, rather than just go wherever, which is why I say west Europe, not just EU. Austria looks less dense than Germany and Switzerland, but still good – DC fast chargers along highways, and over 100 fast chargers in Vienna. Austrian Alps have poorer coverage, but that's not surprising — there aren't many roads there either, but still there are enough chargers to cross them in an EV, so at least as a tourist I don't think I'd have major difficulty. https://abetterrouteplanner.com/ https://abetterrouteplanner.com/
- Rinzler89 2y agoTo be fair Benelux and the Nordics are far ahead in terms of EV infrastructure that the rest of "western Europe" whatever that term means if it's geographical, political or economicall. And what's the point of highly dense cities like Vienna having much better EV charging infrastructure, when most of the people there usually use the excellent public transportation so car ownership is low anyway. EV infrastructure Investments should happen precisely in the places with lesser density where cars are a necessity but those are the ones with the lest EV infrastructure precisely as you pointed out.