Electromobility Councillors demand specifications for access to charging stations in apartment buildings
The Federal Council must ensure that tenants and condominium owners have access to a charging station for electric cars in their apartment buildings. The Council of States has passed a corresponding motion from the National Council.
11.06.2025, 12:04
SDA
On Wednesday, it approved the proposal by Jürg Grossen (GLP/BE) by 24 votes to 18, at the request of a minority. The motion stated that slow-charging stations for electric cars are of central importance for the implementation of the energy and mobility transition. Binding requirements are therefore needed.
The supporters referred to the decarbonization goals. Flavia Wasserfallen (SP/BE) argued that the lack of charging stations was a key reason why sales of electric cars had stalled. Cars should be charged where they are parked. There are pragmatic solutions, she said.
"Internal combustion engines would never have caught on without filling stations," added Thierry Burkart (FDP/AG). The issue could be resolved in the same way as the specifications for telecommunications services.
However, the majority of the Council of States' Committee for Energy and Spatial Planning (Urek-S) was against an obligation to grant access to charging stations in apartment buildings. It warned of a disproportionate encroachment on the guarantee of ownership and private autonomy. The market determines what infrastructure should be available where, said Daniel Fässler (center/AI).
The Federal Council also opposed the motion, but must now get to work. The installation of charging stations is not explicitly regulated in tenancy and condominium ownership law, he wrote.
When revising the CO2 Act, the Federal Council had wanted to promote charging infrastructure for electric cars, for example in apartment buildings and public parking lots, with a maximum of CHF 30 million per year until 2030. However, parliament refused to support it at the time.
