- The Switzerland government has decided to extend its emobility roadmap until 2030, in a scheme which currently involves 96 measures from 74 individual organisations, including Swiss Post, Tesla, and Ikea, helping to support three key goals.
- After originally being launched in 2018 as a three year roadmap ending in 2022, it was then set to expire in 2025, after an additional extension.
- This next stage will crucially bring electric buses and trucks into the mix, with as yet undecided targets for adoption, helping to push the EV transition further in the country.
The next steps for Switzerland’s EV revolution set to be revealed
Under the current 2022-2025 roadmap, Switzerland’s emobility roadmap has three key goals to achieve by 2025. The first is achieving at least 50% of new cars registered being plug-in. In the year-to-date, around 26.8% of cars sold were plug-in, with BEVs accounting for 18.1% and PHEV 8.6%. The second goal is to have 20,000 public charging stations available within the country – a number that currently stands at just over 14,200. The third, less measurable target, is to offer ‘user-friendly and grid-friendly’ charging both at home, work, and on the road. It’s seems unlikely that the first two goals will be met in time, which gives some suggestion as to why the country has decided to extend its roadmap. Whilst Switzerland is outside the European Union, and therefore not subject to the 2035 ZEV mandate on passenger cars and vans, this is a goal it wants to work towards regardless – even if it’s not enshrined in law.
Whilst the government haven’t specified exactly what this new 2026-2030 roadmap will look like, we do know that for the first time, goals related to electric trucks, buses, and light commercial vehicles will be included. This addition should, in itself, also help to boost the nation’s charging network. Swiss Post itself is already ahead here, as it expands EV-only deliveries to several cities in the country. The government says that the objectives of the future roadmap will be drawn up over the coming months, but we’re likely to see revised electrification goals on the passenger car and charging side, too.
