Number of Electric Vehicles Up 65 percent Y-o-Y, Charging Points Up as Well

Bratislava, 25 July (TASR) - A total of 33,379 battery-powered vehicles of all categories were registered in Slovakia as of late June, which was 65 percent more than in the same period of last year, according to data published by the Slovak Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA). The public charging network also expanded significantly, with 3,707 charging points available to drivers in 1,375 locations. "A year ago, we were talking about surpassing the threshold of 20,000 battery-operated vehicles of all categories. Today, there are more than 33,000 of them. This means that almost two-fifths of the current electric fleet have been added in the space of just one year. This is a development that confirms a gradual and well-deserved shifting of electromobility to the forefront of market attention," stated SEVA director Patrik Krizansky. According to SEVA, the public charging network has expanded not only in terms of the number of charging points on the map; it's also undergone a significant technological upgrade. While its total installed capacity stood at just under 162 MW at the end of June 2025, a year later it was more than 343 MW. Of the total of 3,700 public charging points, more than half (1,989) are conventional, slower AC chargers. The rest are faster DC charging stations. A total of 749 offer charging speeds of up to 150 kW, 616 offer up to 350 kW, and there are 353 ultra-fast charging points with outputs exceeding 350 kW in Slovakia. The number of stations with power of 150 kW or more has almost doubled since last year. A major boost has come from the first large charging hubs along Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) highway corridors, which are being built with the support of Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan. The project envisages the construction of 35 charging parks with a total of 251 high-power charging points, some of which will also serve electric heavy-duty vehicles. Several sites have already been opened to drivers, while others are in the final stages of completion and are expected to be launched within a few days or weeks. As of 30 June, there were some 8.4 electric cars per public charging point in Slovakia. SEVA says that despite the significant increase in the number of vehicles, Slovakia's public charging network remains sufficiently extensive in relation to the size of the electric vehicle fleet. Moreover, the capacity of the network has grown considerably more rapidly than the number of vehicles. ko/df/am