It rains a lot in northern Europe and charging at 300 volts DC or more is not something I would want to do in a rainstorm without some protection from the elements.
Rainstorms around here are like comfy showers compared to many other places like US and Australia. But that aside, the roofs are actually to ‘protect’ the customers against the rain, not because there’s any danger in fast charging in the rain. Though frankly… maybe another good reason not to buy a chinese ev.
Looks like yer way ahead of other European countries in charging stations and here in NA we are still in the stone age! I suppose being a low country that sea level rises will pretty well wipe you out so there is a strong incentive to go green.
Florida and a lot of southern US states including Texas are in the same boat, but not as proactive and oppose this climate change stuff, even though it will benefit them economically. It is just more "woke" stuff to the right wingnuts, but they are just conned morons who can't even define what woke means and are easily fooled into becoming useful idiots.
Those are just the ones from FastNed, a small portion of all fast charge stations here. But yes, 30% of all chargers in EU are in NL and 20% in Germany.
Not quite in the same boat as Florida or places that are at risk of flooding from sea level rise. Average elevation is 30m, most of the coast is protected by up to 51m natural dunes, a quarter of NL already is below sea level, only country with a third branch of government specifically for water management. Main difference with other countries at risk is that we‘ve been operating on the assumption we can and will be flooded long before major climate change in recent times. Technically, there’s only about 65miles of additional barriers needed, which does not compare to for example Florida or Texas.
The high risk and cost effectively means the probability is extremely small. The risk of NL flooding is no concern or factor for anyone embracing EVs. The misery on a global scale however…
