I really do not want to be a joy killer. It is fantastic to see how many people nowadays choose to take the step over to a rechargeable car.
But of the just over five million cars that roll in the country, only 2.2 percent are fully electric. If you include the plug-in hybrids, you get up to six percent.
This means that there is still a long way to go in the transition – and perhaps a little too early for the government to start reducing the climate bonuses.
But bonuses are now not only blissful. It must also be easier for us who live in an apartment to get an electric car. And then it’s about being able to easily plug in the charging cable during the night – this is the most practical and economical way to charge the car.
We who live in a tenancy or condominium actually make up just over half of Swedish households. But it is much more complicated for us to charge smart.
Homeowners can easily park at home – and they also get a deduction for half the cost when they invest in charging boxes for their garages. Of course, tenant-owner associations and property owners can also apply for support for pulling in charging stations – but it is required that there are parking spaces in that case. And certainly not everyone has.
In Stockholm, so-called “charging streets” are now being planned. But what does it look like in other municipalities?
In Malmö, where I live, I have to rent an expensive electric car space in a municipal garage – a good distance from home – if I am to be able to charge an electric car overnight. Although there are five large cross parking lots in my neighborhood that would be great for charging posts.
The municipal politicians here should go on a study trip across the strait. Because on the other side of the bridge, in Copenhagen, politicians have decided that residents in multi-family houses should have a maximum of 250 meters to the nearest charging post – no later than 2025.
In some major German and French cities, pearls of charging posts along the sidewalks can also be seen – at least in some neighborhoods.
Having access to home charging can be decisive for whether you decide to buy an electric car – or not.
We will not see car-free cities in a number of years. Before that, our politicians can ensure that we who live in cities have the opportunity to take an easy step over to emission-free cars.
More charging posts for the people, quite simply.
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