Wêrom de laadynfrastruktuer foar elektryske fêartugen jierren efterrint
July 22, 2026 · Frisian News
Charging networks across Europe are five years behind EV deployment, forcing drivers to wait 45 minutes at public stations despite billions in government subsidies.
FryskTesla rapportearre yn Q2 2026 dat laadtiden yn Europa yn spitsuren gemiddeld 45 minuten duorren. Fiif jier lyn soe dat ûntinkber west hawwe. Fabrikanten seinen 10 miljoen elektryske fêartugen foar 2025 ta. Se leverden. De laadnetwurken net.
Dútslân hat 440.000 iepenbiere laadpunten foar 2,8 miljoen registrearre EV's. Dat is ien lader op seis auto's. Frankryk docht it wat better mei ien op fjouwer. Beide lannen pompten miljarden yn EV-subsydzjes. It jild gie nei keaperskoarting en fabryksstipe, net nei ynfrastruktuer. Regearingsplanners gongen derfan út dat de private sektor it netwurk bouwe soe. Se hienen ûngelyk. Laadnetwurken bliuwe ferspraat, djoer en konsintreare yn rike stêden.
Shell en BP bouen laadnetwurken. Lykas Tesla en Ionity. Mar dit binne bedriuwen, gjin iepenbiere tsjinsten. Se ynstallearje laders dêr't se winst meitsje, net dêr't se nedich binne. It plattelân bliuwt eftersteld. Appartemintsbewenners kinne gjin thúsladers ynstallearje en fertrouwe op iepenbiere netwurken dy't net besteane. Underwilens fertrage fossile brânstofbedriuwen harren útgong út benzinestasjes om't EV-laden harren kernbedriuw noch net bedriget. De ynfrastruktuerkleau hâldt âlde brânstof libben.
Laden is net allinnich in technysk probleem. It is in beliedsmislukking. Regearingen subsidiearren fraach sûnder oanbod feilich te stellen. Se fertrouen op merkwurking om in systeem te bouwen dat grinsoerskriedende ôfstemming, standerdearde stekkers en betellingssystemen, en langetermyninvestearringen ferget dy't private bedriuwen net dwaan sille. It resultaat is in lappedeken. In bestjoerder dy't fan Dútslân nei Frankryk rydt, kin net oannimme dat laders beskikber binne.
EV-adopaasje gie noait allinnich om auto's. It wie in gok dat it net klear wie. Dat wie it net. De auto's binne der. De ynfrastruktuer rint fiif jier achter. Dy kleau slút net as planners deselde flater bliuwe meitsjen en oannimme dat immen oars it oplosse sil.
Tesla reported in Q2 2026 that charging wait times in Europe averaged 45 minutes during peak hours. Five years ago that would have been unthinkable. Manufacturers promised 10 million electric vehicles by 2025. They delivered. The charging networks did not.
Germany has 440,000 public charging points for 2.8 million registered EVs. That is one charger for every six cars. France does slightly better at one per four. Both countries poured billions into EV subsidies. The money went to buyer rebates and factory incentives, not infrastructure. Government planners assumed the private sector would build the network. They were wrong. Charging networks remain fragmented, expensive, and concentrated in wealthy cities.
Shell and BP built charging networks. So did Tesla and Ionity. But these are businesses, not public services. They install chargers where they profit, not where they are needed. Rural areas stay underserved. Apartment dwellers cannot install home chargers and depend on public networks that do not exist. Meanwhile, fossil fuel companies slow their exit from gas stations because EV charging has not yet threatened their core business. The infrastructure gap keeps old fuel alive.
Charging is not just an engineering problem. It is a policy failure. Governments subsidized demand without securing supply. They relied on market forces to build a system that requires cross-border coordination, standardized plugs and payment systems, and long-term investment private companies will not make. The result is patchwork. A driver crossing from Germany to France cannot assume chargers will be available.
EV adoption was never just about cars. It was a bet that the grid was ready. It was not. The cars are here. The infrastructure lags five years behind. That gap will not close if planners keep making the same mistake, assuming someone else will solve it.
Published July 22, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân