Charging points at heart of EU clean power strategy

The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious package of measures to ensure the build-up of alternative fuel stations across Europe with common standards for their design and use as part of a strategy to encourage the general adoption of cleaner fuels. Policy initiatives so far have mostly addressed the actual fuel choices and the development of vehicles powered by them. The issue of fuels distribution is now regarded as crucial. 

Clean fuel is being held back by three main barriers...