Other sources, such as the electric mobility portal Lektri.co, show Romania has more than 879 charging locations with more than 1,500 chargers for the 6,400 electric cars in the country.
Market actors say one quarter of the 1,000 EV charging stations are fast charging stations.
“It is hard to monitor this market because it lacks a platform that collects real-time data about deployment throughout the county. There was desire to implement such a tool by the Transport Ministry, but the project stalled since the monitoring investment was rather significant,” says Alexandru Teodorescu, CEO of Renovatio, the group behind the e-charge network.
Renovatio had 269 charging locations at the end of 2020, 116 of which fast-chargers, and about 50 installed last year.
“We plan to add some 200 charging locations to our network this year,” Teodorescu added.
Enel X, the smart unit of Italy’s Enel, has already installed some 120 charging stations, and the plan is to grow to 500 in Romania by yearend.
Others in this business include MOL, E.ON, ENGIE and a number of local entrepreneurs.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)