ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING POINTS IN SPAIN

Thanks to Iberdrola España, drivers will be able to travel across Spain in an electric vehicle

Iberdrola España plans to install electric vehicle charging stations in the main motorways and traffic corridors of Spain, as well as in the public access spaces of the main cities. The plan, which includes the start-up of at least one rapid recharge station every 50 km, will allow travel throughout the country with autonomy.

El Plan Smart Mobility del grupo Iberdrola supone un paso decisivo para favorecer el desarrollo y el despliegue del vehículo eléctrico en España.

We tell all about the Smart Mobility Plan

Nationwide coverage

Iberdrola will install at least one station every 50 km on the main roadways. The network will cover all six radial roads stemming from Madrid — North Motorway (A1), Northeast Motorway (A2), East Motorway (A3), South Motorway (A4), Southwest Motorway (A5) and Northwest Motorway (A6) — as well as Spain's three main traffic corridors — Mediterranean, Cantabrian and Silver Route — and will cover all the provincial capitals and major cities across the Spanish geography.

Fast, super-fast and ultra-fast charging stations

The charging stations will have 50 kW (fast), 150 kW (super-fast) and 350 kW (ultra-fast) of power to charge most of the battery in approximately 20 to 30 minutes, or just 5 to 10 minutes at ultra-fast recharging stations, depending on the vehicle. Furthermore, each station will be able to charge between 2 and 7 vehicles at a time, bringing the number of fast charging points to 400 throughout the network. The plan foresees to install ultra-rapid stations every 200 metres, super-rapid every 100 kilometres and rapid, every 50 kilometres.

100 % green energy

The electricity supplied at these charging points will be 100 % green and certified with a renewable origin guarantee (GoO), ensuring that this energy comes from clean generation sources. To achieve its goal, Iberdrola has reached agreements and is in talks with partners — mainly hotels, restaurant chains and service stations — to deploy that network, which will prioritise locations close to the road that offer a wide variety of services.

Easy process from the mobile phone

Users can access the company's network through Iberdrola's Public Recharging App, the most highly rated in the sector, where they can view and geolocate verified information on all chargers, check their operation in real time and reserve and pay from their cell phones.

More progress in 2024: more public charging points in Spain

Iberdrola España will close 2024 with more than 8,100 public charging points in the country. In addition to this infrastructure, around 4,000 more points are under construction and awaiting various administrative procedures, which will be available in the coming months.

Of the 8,100 points in operation, 27% are fast, super-fast and ultra-fast charging points, i.e. they are capable of charging 200 km of autonomy in 5 to 40 minutes, so drivers can travel around Spain sustainably.

A plan supported by public institutions

Electric vehicle users who recharge at Iberdrola stations do so with 100 % clean energy, backed by Guarantee of Renewable Origin (GoO) certification. They can also rely on the green certification from G-Advisory, which has given its second party opinion.

In September 2020, it signed a green loan with the Official Credit Institute (ICO) for 59.4 million to install 2,500 charging points on public roads in Spain and Portugal.

Iberdrola's mobility electrification plan also has the support of the European Commission, through a €13 m grant, awarded to the company within the framework of the CEF Transport Blending Facilities invitation from the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which will contribute towards financing the installation of 2,339 rapid, super-rapid and ultra-rapid charging stations in Spain and Portugal in the run up to 2023. These new charging stations will be sited on high-volume traffic routes in both countries and at points close to the trans-European transport networks (TEN-T).

Iberdrola España currently has more than 8,000 public charging points, after commissioning more than 25% of the points installed during 2024 in Spain. Iberdrola España's development of electric mobility also extends to the private sector in companies and residential customers, exceeding 50,000 charging points in addition to its public network. The group's ultimate goal is to install more than 100,000 electric vehicle charging points in Spain by 2025, including public, residential, business and car park charging points.

Iberdrola España is also leading the 100% electric Mediterranean Corridor project, with two Scania electric trucks covering the route between San Isidro and Alicante. The current objective of this project is to achieve 450 emission-free kilometres in the coming years. To help in this endeavour, the specific connector for trucks and coaches will be standardised in 2024, which will help in the progressive electrification of freight distribution.

More than 50 infrastructure deployment agreements

The implementation of Iberdrola's Smart Mobility Plan aims to keep up with the pace of electric vehicle deployment in Spain. As a result, more than 50 infrastructure deployment agreements have been signed with the main mobility players, from administrations to institutions, companies, service stations, dealers and electric vehicle manufacturers.

One example is the agreement signed with the National Association of Vehicle Dealers (Ganvam), which has become Iberdrola's technology partner for the development of innovation projects related to electric and connected vehicles. The energy company is also making its comprehensive Smart Mobility solution available to the Ganvam network.

The company has also reached a collaboration agreement with the Valencian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces to jointly carry out activities to promote the provision of energy solutions, such as self-consumption and electric mobility. In this same community, it signed an agreement with the Association of Electrical, Telecommunications and Renewable Energy Installers of Valencia (ASELEC) establishing the application of preferential conditions to over 800 companies that form part of the association for the development and implementation of charging points for electric vehicles.

In Valladolid, for the next ten years it will manage the city's electric vehicle charging infraestructure The tender calls for maintaining and improving existing charging points and expanding or installing more charging points in the near future, while also promoting the incorporation of any technologies that may arise in the future.

In the Murcia region, it has reached an agreement with the Regional Federation of Metal Companies through which it will apply preferential conditions for the development and implementation of charging points for electric vehicles to the companies belonging to the Federation.

Other important agreements include the alliance with SEAT and Volkswagen Group Spain Distribution to promote electric mobility in Spain, the first sustainable car park in Spain (IFEMA trade fair facilities), or the agreement achieved with ZITY, for which Iberdrola will continue to supply 100 % renewable energy in the charging of the entire fleet of the electric car rental company, whose cars also incorporate Iberdrola's brand image in the inside.

Together with Toyota, an agreement has been reached to offer electric vehicle customers a home charging point of up to 22kW with a three-year warranty on the installation and on the point itself. In addition, for the first six months, customers will be able to recharge the equipment free of charge on Iberdrola's public grid. After that, Iberdrola also offers customers the Electric Vehicle Plan, with stable prices, no bill and no permanence.

It has also reached an agreement with the Madrid Municipal Transport Company (EMT), through which it will advise and facilitate the electrification of the city bus network and will collaborate in the study of alternatives for electricity supply to the EMT facilities, from which urban buses operate.

In addition, the roll-out has begun of the biggest network of rapid charging stations for electric vehicles on the major highways and traffic corridors in Spain. Also, a super-rapid charging corridor that joins the centre and the south of the peninsula has opened, and it is installing charging points at various points within Spain, in locations in the Comunidad Valenciana (for example in Ondara, Benidorm and Llíria), País Vasco (Irún, San Sebastián and Bilbao), Castilla y León (Burgos, Salamanca and Valladolid), Murcia, etc.

It has also reached agreements with almost all electric vehicle manufacturers, associations and dealerships —Mazd , Mercedes Benz, Aevab, Mundomóvil, Grupo Marcos Automoción, AMDA, Grupo Huertas, Moltalt—; it is rolling out an ambitious points plan for fast and super-fast vehicle charging at service stations operated by brands like Complejo Leo— in one of the main corridors of the Peninsula, linking the centre and the south —, AVIA, Wallbox, Ballenoil and Valcarcel; collaborating with sustainable mobility plans with companies like Ikea , McDonald's, Telefonica, Bodegas Matarromera, REE, Auchán, etc., and investing in electric mobility infrastructures in shopping centres, restaurant chains and hotels.

Iberdrola has become the first Spanish company to join the The Climate Group EV100 Initiative, undertaking to have a fleet of more than 3,500 completely electric vehicles in Spain and the UK by 2030.

This goal has also been extended to subsidiaries in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. As a result, the company already has 630 all-electric vehicles in its fleet, with the goal of making the company's vehicle fleet 100% electric by 2030. In Brazil, Iberdrola has been responsible for commissioning the first electric truck, which is being used in electricity distribution activities.