According to the Automobile Importers Association (SDA), in the first seven months of this year, the number of registered electric cars increased by more than 56 percent to 2,229. As of June 30, 2022, 12,183 passenger battery electric vehicles were registered in the Czech Republic, according to information on the ČistáDoprava.cz website.
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The number of charging stations for electric cars in the Czech Republic continues to grow. According to statistics now published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO), there were 944 public charging stations with 1,841 charging points in the Czech Republic at the end of last year.
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Charging an electric car at a ČEZ fast charging station will cost an unregistered customer 9.5 CZK per kWh. A registered customer will pay two crowns less for one kilowatt hour. At E.ON, an unregistered customer will pay from 9.9 to 16.9 CZK per kWh, depending on the type of charger.
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Consumption depends on the specific model of the electric car. A registered customer always pays two crowns less per kWh. A liter of diesel now costs an average of CZK 44.23, a liter of Natural 95 gasoline costs CZK 43.18. For example, the Škoda Enyaq iV 80 electric car has a consumption of 16.2 kWh per 100 kilometers according to the car manufacturer’s website.
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When charging at a ČEZ charging station with a price for a registered customer, the driver will be able to drive 100 kilometers for a price starting at CZK 121.50. The comparably large Kodiaq model has a consumption of 5.3 liters of diesel in combination with a 2.0 TDI engine and automatic transmission. At today’s prices, a 100-kilometer ride costs roughly 234.5 CZK.
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The largest charging network in the Czech Republic belongs to ČEZ. Its charging stations supplied 2.1 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), almost half a million more than last year, a year-on-year increase of 32 percent.
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“The trend is clear, electric cars in the Czech Republic will start increasing by the tens of thousands per year, and the public charging infrastructure must be prepared for this. This year, we are managing to keep up the fast pace of construction and densification of the public network across the country,” said Pavel Cyrani, vice-chairman of the board of directors.
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According to him, ČEZ will continue to build stations with outputs above 150 kW in places with high traffic frequency and demand for fast charging.
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E.ON also registers higher customer interest in recharging. “We have already more than doubled the number of top-ups, and already in the first half of the year we are approaching the number of top-ups for the whole of last year,” said spokesman Roman Šperňák. According to him, there is a similar trend in the energy consumed.
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“Here, too, we see an increase compared to last year. In the first half of this year alone, electric car drivers have taken almost 2.5 times as much energy from our network as in the first half of last year,” added Šperňák.
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The number of customers of Pražská energetice (PRE) is also growing, according to spokesman Karel Hanzelka, they increased by 131 percent in the first half of the year. “Electricity consumption is also increasing at our charging stations. The year-on-year comparison of the first half of the year shows an increase of more than 100 percent. This is due to the growing electric vehicle fleet, the growing number of charging stations and, logically, the growing number of customers and charging chips in their possession,” added Hanzelka.
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ČEZ has set itself the goal of reaching the limit of 800 operating stands by 2025. This year, it expects to significantly exceed four million kWh of consumed energy, it now operates 448 stands where it can charge almost 900 cars at one time. E.ON drive wants to have 300 charging stations in the public network this year. PRE currently operates a total of 416 public charging stations.
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For comparison, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, there are around 7,600 gas stations in the country, about 4,000 of which are publicly accessible. The vast majority of them offer traditional fuels, i.e. gasoline and diesel.
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