Statement on EP TRAN Committee adoption of AFIR report

On 3 October, the European Parliament’s TRAN Committee approved MEP Ismail Ertug’s report on the proposal for a Regulation for the Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure (AFIR), an important step on the journey to a harmonized framework for publicly accessible charging in Europe.

MEPs agreed on ambitious EV charging infrastructure targets, allowing the EU to achieve its decarbonization objectives but are asking for retrofitting of existing AC stations with payment card readers, which would undermine the market for publicly accessible AC charging and would be a significant step backwards.

Read the full statement here.