The number of electric cars in Sweden increased by 80 percent last year. The major breakthrough for the electric car has created a great need for charging points.
Fastighetsägarna Stockholm says the fire safety regulations have not kept up. The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning has assessed that there is no need for any special fire safety rules for electric car in garages. The risk of an electric car catching fire is very small, but when the car's lithium-ion battery catches fire, there is a risk that the fire will be very intense.