Municipal councilor Henrik Nilsson Bokor (S) does not think, however, that it is the responsibility of individual municipalities to ensure that there are more charging stations.
- I do not know if we should strive to build a publicly owned charging infrastructure in Torsås.
I think charging is something that the market should provide.
We do not have publicly owned petrol stations, says Henrik Nilsson Bokor (S).
"Place outlets along major roads instead" Hear Henrik Nilsson Bokor's argument in the clip above.
Outlets for the municipality's own cars
At the town hall in Torsås municipality, there are a number of charging posts with two charging points on each pole, but only two outlets may be used for the public.
The other outlets are reserved for the municipality's own cars.
It is statistics from uppladdning.nu that SVT has read that show how many charging points there are in each Swedish municipality.
Statistics also show that today there are around 330,000 rechargeable cars in Sweden, but just over 16,500 public charging points.
A development that goes fast
A few years ago, not many people even knew that it was possible to charge their electric car in a pole in the city or in the countryside.
Now it is possible, and a development that is going at breakneck speed
But a question that is hotly debated is about who will ultimately pay to build charging posts and here Henrik Nilsson Bokor has a definite opinion,
- We will not be the municipality that has the most public municipally owned charging posts, but we will cooperate with the business community and ensure that we get good and easy-to-handle fast chargers on our roads, says Henrik Nilsson Bokor (S).