Electric vehicle charging points in Barcelona

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With the aim of reducing environmental and acoustic impact, lowering pollution levels, the city of Barcelona has initiated a process to change the urban mobility model to become a benchmark in electric mobility. How many electric vehicle charging points are there in Barcelona?

In Barcelona, there are 300 public and free charging points for electric cars distributed throughout the public roads of the different districts. In addition to 180 points in the parking lots of the municipal vehicle fleet and 530 users of electric vehicles. (According to meet. Barcelona.cat) 

To be an electric car user in Barcelona, it is not necessary to own one; taxis have also joined sustainable mobility, and Barcelona is leading the implementation of electric taxis and is already working to implement a new car rental model based on carsharing, with 100% electric vehicles. In the realm of private vehicles, Barcelona is also a pioneer: there are 150 specific charging points for electric motorcycles.

One of the recommendations for municipal actions to promote efficient and low-emission mobility is to establish charging stations for electric vehicles. Charging points are responsible for supplying energy to the electric car, and to promote electric mobility, cities should provide users with access to charging points and the most commonly used types of plugs to increase the number of potential users.

On the LIVE page, we can find a map where we can check the charging points in the city of Barcelona and Catalonia. The map has been developed by the Catalan Energy Institute, and it shows the location of electric charging points; it allows users to consult not only the points that are currently operational but also the charging points that will be active soon.