E-car charging infrastructure is growing unevenly in Germany

The percentage increases are strongest in an analysis outside the large metropolises. Despite the expansion of charging networks, according to the study there is still a need to catch up.

Electric cars are being charged: According to the study, the charging infrastructure is growing unevenly. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Hamburg/Bonn. In Germany, electric cars can recharge at more and more public charging points. This emerges from new data from the Federal Network Agency, which was evaluated by the energy company 1Komma5Grad for a “charging station atlas”.

Accordingly, a good 209,000 public charging points were registered with the Federal Network Agency on September 1st, 24 percent more than in July 2025. These included a good 150,000 normal charging points and almost 59,000 fast charging points. The German press agency dpa had the evaluation in advance.

Among the 107 independent cities, Stuttgart remains by far the front runner, it said.

In the Baden-Württemberg state capital there were 2,107 charging points per 100 square kilometers on the reporting date, twelve percent more than a good year ago.

This is followed by Regensburg (1,452 charging points, +19 percent),

Munich (1,179 charging points, +19 percent).

At the lower end are Brandenburg an der Havel (59 charging points, +42 percent),

Dessau-Roßlau (55 charging points, +15 percent)

and Suhl with 53 charging points over 100 square kilometers, which means an increase of 6 percent.

Schwabach has the largest growth among the cities

According to the evaluation, the percentage increases were strongest outside of the large metropolises: the number of charging points increased in...

Bavarian Schwabach increased by 112 percent to 172 charging points. In Mülheim an der Ruhr it has climbed by 89 percent since July 2025 - to 429 charging points per 100 square kilometers.

According to 1Komma5Grad, there was a change at the top of the 294 districts: “The Mettmann district in North Rhine-Westphalia recorded strong growth of 40 percent and is now in first place with 344 charging points per 100 square kilometers,” said a spokesman. He pushed the Böblingen district in Baden-Württemberg (328 charging points, +19 percent) into second place. The Main-Taunus district is in third place with 281 charging points, which means an increase of 15 percent.

“The upward trend in charging points is a positive signal,” explained 1Komma5Grad product manager Jannik Schall. However, the charging infrastructure is growing unevenly. While metropolises are well supplied, things are looking less good in small towns and rural regions. “There is still a lot of catching up to do if the switch to electric cars is to be successful across the board.”

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