Over 40,000 electric cars authorized in the ZTL Rome, 900 active charging stations and another 700 charging points arriving by 2025. Rome is advancing on sustainable mobility with numbers that place it at the forefront of the electric transition among Italian cities. The new rules approved for the inclusion of charging stations in fuel stations in fact facilitate the spread of charging infrastructures for electric vehicles. With the modification of the Fuel Plan of the Municipality of Rome, the city becomes more connected, sustainable and accessible and increasingly ready to respond to the growing demand for electric mobility, contributing in a concrete way to the energy transition objectives at national and European level.
The resolution, proposed by the Councilor for Productive Activities and Equal Opportunities Monica Lucarelli and the Councilor for Urban Planning Maurizio Veloccia, approved by the Council and ratified by the Capitoline Assembly, allows the installation of charging stations inside fuel stations, without this being included in the calculation of the gross usable surface area.
This intervention guarantees a widespread distribution of the charging network throughout the city, making the use of electric vehicles even more practical and convenient for citizens. Furthermore, the measure will contribute to making Rome a more competitive and innovative city, capable of attracting new investments and improving the quality of life of residents and those who work or visit the capital.
Rome, among the metropolitan cities, is the one that currently has the highest number of electric charging stations: there are 2,751 compared to 1,927 in Milan and 1,641 in Turin; followed by Venice with 1,372 and Florence with 882, in fourth and fifth place on a national basis. The Capital therefore aims to almost double the current allocation of parking spaces but above all to distribute the charging points in a balanced way throughout the city, through collaboration with the fifteen Municipalities.
This change has become even more necessary after the European Parliament declared that it wants to eliminate internal combustion engine vehicles from cities by 2035.
