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Spain increased its total number of public EV charging points by about 10% in 2025, bringing the total number to 50,000. The number of high-power chargers (50–250 kW) doubled, and the number of chargers able to charge at over 250 kW increased by about 85%. (The source says the range is 50–250 kW for some of the high-power chargers, but 50 kW is generally not considered high power.)
“The necessary resources have been put in place to develop a high‑power charging network that can meet the needs of medium‑ and long‑distance travel. The next step is to also reinforce destination charging in urban and peri‑urban areas,” said Arturo Pérez de Lucia, AEDIVE’s managing director.
Catalonia, Madrid, Andalusia, and Valencia account for almost 60% of the country’s public EV chargers.
Expanding public charging options supports greater EV adoption because there are people who still have range anxiety — sometimes reasonably and at other times irrationally. Electric vehicles typically don’t need to have huge ranges; what is needed is plenty of public chargers which are located close together. If there are public chargers, including fast chargers, every 30-40 miles, an EV does not need a huge range.
Some of the top-selling EVs in Spain are:
- Tesla Model 3
- Dacia Spring Electric
- MG4 Electric
- Fiat 500e
- Renault Mégane E-Tech eléctrico
- BYD Dolphin
- Volkswagen ID.3
- Hyundai Kona Eléctrico
Expanding EV charging infrastructure also can help grow the country’s economy. “But the AEDIVE directive goes further. In a recent report, it justifies its claim that assistance for this productive segment should be reactivated not only due to an increase in the electric powered fleet, but also because it would create a business, the mobility industry, that would contribute an additional €11 billion to the GDP.”
“In their calculations, their experts include the €60 billion forecasted in the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) for the electrification of the Spanish market, and offer an encouraging forecast: the mobility industry would drive a 1.94% annual increase in GDP over the next five years.”
For some charging context, Europe has over one million public chargers.
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