Amid the growth of electric car sales, Brazil ended August with 16,880 public and semi -public points (in malls or supermarkets), according to the last update made by Tupi Mobility, in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Electric Vehicles (ABVE). The point is that the quick porters, where drivers take 20 minutes to one hour to carry the vehicles, are still a minority in the country. Another point that draws attention is the irregular distribution throughout Brazil, as the Southeast region concentrates almost half of them.
The survey showed that the total network of porters in the country grew 14% between February and August, which equals 2,053 new recharge points (there were 14,827 points in February). When you only look at the growth of the quick porters, there was a 59% jump in the same period, but they represent only 23% of the total (3,855). The slow chargers, where the driver takes 5 hours to 12 hours to charge the battery, equals 77% of the total (13,025).
“The drop in equipment costs and the growing demand of users for long -distance refills are leading operators to prioritize investments in rapid chargers,” said David Bertoncello, ABVE Communication Director and founder of Tupi Mobility.
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China has 16.7millions of points
In China, which is at the forefront of the electrification with 37 million plug in vehicles already in circulation, the number of porters until July was 16.7 million, 56% rapidly. It is a proportion of one charger for every 2.2 vehicles. In Brazil, the fleet of electric vehicles plug-in in Brazil totaled 302,225 units in August, which gives a list of 18 vehicles per electroposhed.
Of the total Brazilian fleet, 44.5% (134,592 vehicles) are 100% electric (BEV) and depend fully on porters. Another 55.5% (167,633) are plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and have partial dependence on the refill infrastructure, as they also operate with combustion engine.
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According to experts, one of the obstacles to the purchase of pure electric cars by Brazilians is the fear of the so -called ‘dry break’, ie running out of power during a trip due to the lack of loading infrastructure – especially in a country of continental size like Brazil.
Irregular distribution
Currently, 1,499 Brazilian municipalities have public and semi-public electroposters, considered the slow and the rapid. Compared to February there were 1,363, which means 10% growth in infrastructure availability. But of the more than 16,000 existing points in the country, the Southeast region has half of this number, with 7.9 thousand points.
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In the Northeast region, there are 3,300, while in the Northern region there are only 437, which reveals the inequalities of this infrastructure. The city of São Paulo has 2,100 electroposters, Rio de Janeiro hit 963, while capitals such as Fortaleza and Salvador has 294 and 257 respectively.
