Climate emissions within the EU will be reduced by 55 percent by 2030 according to the plan "Fit for 55".

But the transport sector, which accounts for about a fifth of emissions, is one of the few areas where emissions are increasing instead.

A recent EU report points out the electrification of traffic as the most important way to reduce emissions, and that a much faster expansion of charging infrastructure is therefore required.

One was every twenty minutes

Today, according to the report, about 60 new public charging outlets are being built per week in Sweden.

But to meet the climate goal, it must increase to 600 per week, ie 10 times as much by 2030. This means that a charger must then be installed every twenty minutes in Sweden.

Sweden is still better off than many other countries in the EU, such as the car country Germany, for example.

But far behind countries like Austria and Hungary.

The report states that a new charging station must be built throughout the Union in order to cope with the electrification of traffic.

By 2030, there must be 6.8 million chargers so that it is not perceived as an obstacle.

It can be compared with today's approximately 300,000.

Expensive rebuild

It will be costly to rebuild for electric power.

According to the report, the EU must invest around SEK 2,800 billion in chargers, electricity networks and renewable electricity production by 2030. 

The bill to electrify all cars in the EU by 2050 will land at an almost unimaginable 10,000 billion kronor according to the analysis.

The large sum is still only a seventh of what it costs to expand the 5g networks.

But the expansion will be the cheapest in Sweden because the electricity grid is already well developed. 

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Hear motorists about the long queues at charging stations around the country.