Finland wants to create 600 thousand parking spaces for electric vehicles
HELSINKI, October 4 - RIA News. To improve the infrastructure for electric vehicles by changing building codes that require charging in the parking lots of residential buildings and office centers, starting in 2021, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment is proposing.
Authorities are requesting comments from all interested parties on the bill, the government’s press service said Friday. The law is part of the implementation of the EU Energy Performance Directive for buildings.
“It is clear that electric vehicles need more recharging points so that more and more people can use them. Therefore, we noted in the Ministerial Working Group on Climate and Energy Policy that a significant increase in the number of recharging points is proposed. Electrification of transport is an important way to move Finland to carbon neutrality by 2035, "said Krista Mikkonen, Minister of Environment and Climate.
“The share of low- and zero-emission vehicles, such as electric cars, in the fleet should be increased in order to achieve climate goals for road transport. In addition to the public charging network, the availability of charging stations for residential buildings and workplaces plays an important role in electrifying traffic ", - said the Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin.
According to government estimates, by 2030, with the help of the bill, about 171 thousand charging spots can be created, which will give about 621 thousand parking spaces in Finland.
The bill provides that all new or overhaul residential buildings with more than four parking spaces must be equipped with chargers without fail. The owner of the building must provide the tenant with a charging point if he purchases an electric car. The following obligations apply to new or major renovated non-residential buildings: if there are more than 10 parking spaces, at least half of them must be electrically charged.
It is proposed to apply new standards from 2021.
According to a VTT Technical study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland in February 2019, 93% of housing companies that answered the questionnaire of the Finnish Real Estate Federation have not yet taken any measures regarding the construction of charging for electric vehicles.
Finland is significantly behind the neighboring countries in the region in the number of electric vehicles sold in the country. According to statistics for 2016, in Norway there were more than 100 thousand electric cars that are sold without VAT, in Sweden more than 10 thousand electric cars that are sold under a special program of state subsidies, in Estonia there were about 1.2 thousand electric cars, in Finland - 1039 electric cars. The country lags behind in terms of infrastructure. There are about 9 thousand electric vehicle charging stations in Norway, 3.3 thousand in Sweden, and 800 in Finland. At the same time, the cost of a new Tesla S car in Finland is about 100 thousand euros.
HELSINKI, October 4 - RIA News. To improve the infrastructure for electric vehicles by changing building codes that require charging in the parking lots of residential buildings and office centers, starting in 2021, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment is proposing.
Authorities are requesting comments from all interested parties on the bill, the government’s press service said Friday. The law is part of the implementation of the EU Energy Performance Directive for buildings.
“It is clear that electric vehicles need more recharging points so that more and more people can use them. Therefore, we noted in the Ministerial Working Group on Climate and Energy Policy that a significant increase in the number of recharging points is proposed. Electrification of transport is an important way to move Finland to carbon neutrality by 2035, "said Krista Mikkonen, Minister of Environment and Climate.
“The share of low- and zero-emission vehicles, such as electric cars, in the fleet should be increased in order to achieve climate goals for road transport. In addition to the public charging network, the availability of charging stations for residential buildings and workplaces plays an important role in electrifying traffic ", - said the Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin.
According to government estimates, by 2030, with the help of the bill, about 171 thousand charging spots can be created, which will give about 621 thousand parking spaces in Finland.
The bill provides that all new or overhaul residential buildings with more than four parking spaces must be equipped with chargers without fail. The owner of the building must provide the tenant with a charging point if he purchases an electric car. The following obligations apply to new or major renovated non-residential buildings: if there are more than 10 parking spaces, at least half of them must be electrically charged.
It is proposed to apply new standards from 2021.
According to a VTT Technical study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland in February 2019, 93% of housing companies that answered the questionnaire of the Finnish Real Estate Federation have not yet taken any measures regarding the construction of charging for electric vehicles.
Finland is significantly behind the neighboring countries in the region in the number of electric vehicles sold in the country. According to statistics for 2016, in Norway there were more than 100 thousand electric cars that are sold without VAT, in Sweden more than 10 thousand electric cars that are sold under a special program of state subsidies, in Estonia there were about 1.2 thousand electric cars, in Finland - 1039 electric cars. The country lags behind in terms of infrastructure. There are about 9 thousand electric vehicle charging stations in Norway, 3.3 thousand in Sweden, and 800 in Finland. At the same time, the cost of a new Tesla S car in Finland is about 100 thousand euros.
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