Recharge your electric vehicle by using Open Data
Publication Date/Time
2016-10-26T09:00:00+00:00
Various cities across Europe provide information about where to charge
Electrical bikes are increasingly popular in Europe. According to the
latest figures
[http://www.bike-eu.com/sales-trends/nieuws/2016/5/e-bike-sales-shows-double-digit-growth-in-main-markets-10126236],
in Germany electric bicycles now account for 12.5% of the total bike
sales; in Holland the e-bike market share in 2015 reached 28% of the
total bike market. This figure is close to the development that is
predicted for the e-bike market in Europe in the next five years.

Electrical bikes have a battery on board but you still need to pedal
at least some of the time. This battery has to be recharged every now
and then. Cities are adapting their infrastructure to this new
development, and are installing recharging stations in their streets
in order to facilitate e-bikers.

Using the Open Data available on the European Data Portal, the
location of such recharging stations can be explored. A first example
comes from the German city of Wuppertal, available here
[/data/en/dataset/234d4345-2acb-4f23-bb30-d2e915cbcc19]. As shown by
the map below, this city provides several publicly available
recharging stations for bicycles across the city.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/featured-data_20161026_image_1.png]
But electrical bicycles are not the only type of eletrical vehicles
that need to be recharged periodically. Are you more interested in
where to recharge your electric car instead of an e-bike? Numerous
datasets on Electric Vehicle Charging Points are available on the
European Data Portal as well, such as the map below for Greater
Manchester [/data/en/dataset/electric-vehicle-charging-points].
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/featured-data_20161026_image_2.png]
Explore the data yourself by following the link below.
 [https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/readmore-button-en.png]
[/data/en/dataset/234d4345-2acb-4f23-bb30-d2e915cbcc19]
 
