With the increasing global focus on environmental protection and sustainability, the future of the electric vehicle market is very promising. The sales quantities of new electric vehicles in Italy have also continued to grow, doubling in the last four years. From 2015-2017 year, the sales quantities of EV grew by an average of 14%. And the Italian government is also actively promoting the popularity of new energy trams and the application of sustainable energy by providing subsidies for car purchases, free parking and other preferential policies. Therefore, the growth rate of public charging pile construction is also booming in Italy.
In order to show the determination in supporting the development of electric vehicles, but also in the future to reflect the government's efforts to promote sustainable transport and reduce carbon emissions. The Italian government plans to invest 750 million euros to first build more than 20,000 fast-charging stations, respectively 7,500 fast-charging stations on motorways and national roads and 13,755 fast-charging stations in cities.
By the end of 2023, the number of public charging stations will have exceeded 50,000 In the past year, 13,906 new charging stations have been added across the country, with 3,450 added in the last quarter alone. As part of the action plan, based on the fact that the current distribution of charging piles in Italy is almost exclusively laid out in city centres, the next two years will see charging piles laid out to take account of sinking towns and traffic routes. As a result, the Italian government has also launched the EVA + project, which is the Electric Vehicle Artery Project, which aims to install 200pcs 50kW fast-charging stations , comprising a total of 400pcs charging posts on Italy's long-distance roads within three years.
In 2024, through the National Recovery and Rehabilitation Programme (PNRR), the Italian government is proposing to install 6,500 electric vehicle charging points by 2024.
The Italian government has also announced plans to build a network of more than 5,000 charging points across the country by 2025, and has also set a target of 110,000 public charging points for electric vehicles by 2030, in a bid to promote the electrification of cars for all.