The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has been subsidizing the construction of public charging stations, as the number of electric vehicles (EVs) has grown rapidly over the past few years.
As of the end of last month, the number of registered EVs in the nation had increased to 99,980 — 39,493 more than same time last year, or a 65 percent increase, the ministry told a news conference.
The ministry said it has subsidized local governments to build public charging stations, with more than 10,000 currently installed nationwide.
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An additional 3,790 stations are expected to be installed by the end of this year, it said.
Among the six special municipalities, Taipei would have the most chargers installed this year at 1,198 while New Taipei City would have the least, having only applied for five additional chargers, the ministry said.
So far, 1,075 of the planned charging stations have been built and are in use, the ministry said.
A total of 4,865 public charging stations have been subsidized, 4,124 of which are slow-charging stations and 741 are fast-charging, Department of Railways and Highways Director-General Wei Yu (魏瑜) said.
After Taipei, Taichung had the most applications for new chargers at 527, followed by Tainan with 483, Kaohsiung with 398, Taoyuan with 391 and New Taipei City with five, ministry data showed.
As of the end of last month, Taiwan had 10,838 charging stations, including 7,735 slow chargers and 3,103 fast chargers.
Taiwan has 99,980 registered EVs, which translates into 9.2 EVs per public charging station, in line with the EU-recommended ratio of 10 to one, the ministry said.
The fast-charging station ratio of 32.2 vehicles per station is also in line with EU recommendations, which suggest a ratio of 80 to one, it added.
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