ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS IN THE BALTIC

Fast growth in the number of electric vehicles has been observed in recent years. Possibilities to purchase electric vehicles and the availability of various structural solutions increase. The exploitation of electric vehicles requires charging stations that can be very diverse in terms of structural and technological design. In Estonia and Latvia, projects to establish electric vehicle charging stations were implemented, thus popularising zero-emission vehicles and expanding zero-emissions mobility. The paper analyses the development trends for electric vehicles and charging stations in the Baltic States. It also provides a classification of charging stations needed for electric vehicles in the Baltic and an analysis of their present locations. If exploiting a small number of electric vehicles in a country, the best option for charging vehicles is garages and technically simple and cheap charging stations, thus making the construction of charging stations cheap; however, other kinds of charging vehicles can be useful for expanding mobility by electric vehicles.