EV charging · Fast chargers by country

Where are Europe's fast chargers? Ultra-fast chargers per 100 km of motorway

Checked 30 September 2026 against the EU observatory, Eurostat and the operators · skynomad

This table counts public charging points of 150 kW and above, from the European Alternative Fuels Observatory's figures for August 2026, and divides them by each country's motorway length from Eurostat. It tells you how many ultra-fast plugs a country has for every 100 km of motorway it has to cover.

France: the ranking says middle, the motorway says otherwise

France comes fifth on that table, behind Belgium, Austria, Germany and Luxembourg. I drove it this summer and it did not feel fifth. On the autoroutes, the fast chargers were where I needed them, and Electra was the cheapest ultra-fast plug I used: its French price moves with demand between €0.39 and €0.61 in the app, and it starts at €0.64 by bank card.

The two views do not contradict each other. The Observatory counts every public point in the country, in city hubs and supermarket car parks as well as at service areas, so a country with a lot of chargers in its cities scores high. It measures how easy it is to find a fast charger somewhere nearby, not whether there is one at the next service area. For a road trip, the second question is the one that matters, and on the French motorways I found the answer was nearly always yes.

Spain is the opposite lesson. It is the cheapest per kWh here and the thinnest on the ground: 31 ultra-fast points per 100 km of motorway, a twelfth of Belgium's. The price is good once you have found the plug.

Belgium to Luxembourg: the E411 gap

Driving from Belgium into Luxembourg on the E411, I remember roughly 100 km with nowhere to charge. On the motorway itself that holds up. South of Namur, the Wanlin service area has a 50 kW Allego charger (listed for the Brussels-bound side), and after it the only charger I could find beside the motorway in Belgium is a Tesla Supercharger at Hondelange, near Arlon, which I could not confirm is open to other cars. The next open charger on the motorway itself is Aire de Capellen on Luxembourg's A6, where Creos runs SuperChargy points at up to 350 kW, about 100 km further on.

The fast chargers exist, but they sit a short way off the exits, and you have to know to leave. Ionity has a site at exit 23 (Wellin), and Fastned has opened two in the province of Luxembourg, at exit 24 (Libin) and near exit 28 (Léglise), both with 400 kW chargers. With those, the longest stretch between ultra-fast sites near the E411 is about 47 km, from Namur to Wellin. Put them in the car's navigation before you leave Namur, not after the Wanlin sign.

How the counts were made

• Density counts points, not sites: a site with eight 400 kW chargers counts eight. The Observatory's power bands are 150 to 350 kW and 350 kW and above; the two are added together here.
• Motorway length is Eurostat's latest year: 2024, or 2023 for Germany and Italy. Countries count expressways differently, so the figure flatters some countries and penalises others; Poland's and Slovakia's are the least comparable.
• The figures move quickly. The Observatory updates every month; I recheck the prices and the counts at least every quarter, and the date above changes when I do.