A trip with a electric car in Italy it remains a half dream. The motorway network is not a friend of the electric ones because the points in the service stations are few and slow. The summer that is drawing to a close has confirmed it. The market for these cars, much appreciated by those who say enough to traditional engines, but at the same time victims of high costs, is not uphill in our country. We will see the data. But it is clear that the lack di charging points it is a non-negligible part of the problem that explodes above all on the occasion of large displacements. Potential buyers are, therefore, doubly discouraged. InsideEVs Study”The map of the columns on the 2023 motorway” helped us understand the phenomenon of the lack of circulation of electric cars during the holidays. We are exposed to the rest of Europe where things are better.
The magazine examined the points available from 50 to 100 kW, i.e. the fastest. With these powers in about half an hour the car should be recharged and ready to let us continue our journey. There are 121 charging points on the entire motorway network, but "Basilicata, Molise and Sicily do not have any columns along their respective motorway arteries". There are no motorways in Sardinia and the Region has not been observed. In two Regions – Calabria and Friuli-Venezia Giulia – there are only slow columns, not high power ones. Of the 121 existing ones, we don't know if they are all functional, only 92 la charging is fast and represents an increase compared to 2022. Such an infrastructural situation will not be able to last long. The other consideration that emerges is that the Italian step towards an increase in electric cars in 2035 is theoretical, albeit contested for the impacts on automotive production. Once upon a time, when motorways were being designed, the petrol pumps to be placed every certain km were established in advance. With the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, you have to invest 713 million euro create over 21 new charging points, not only on motorways.
North and South separate
On the highways there are currently 476 service stations and do not appear destined to increase. The turning point, if the strategy is to see a real increase in green vehicles, is the rapid installation of columns in existing stations. The PNRR is the context in which to move, but reflect on the fact that the cars circulating this summer emitted a lot of CO2. Coincidentally Emilia Romagna e Lombardia, are the most gifted Regions, followed by Lazio. But the holiday areas have been reached by petrol and diesel cars.
InsideEVs data is a good verification of a strategic chapter of the green transition. And we understand the difficulties of those who have traveled to Italy in an emission-free car. Imagining crossing Italy from any point in the North to Calabria or Sicily means giving up (needless to say) any possibility of moving from the start. You will also go to certain places because you have bought a manageable car. Here's the data, then. In the city of Naples there is only one station dedicated exclusively to electric cars and in the most famous tourist places in the South the columns are a mirage. The sales? Registrations increased by about 30%. 8500 people bought Tesla models, but the market share is under 4%. Europe has an average of 15% which, unfortunately, confirms the complications of a foreign tourist in spending their holidays in Italy in an electric car.
