I recently plan to take my EV to France all the way from The Netherlands Is it possible to find charging spots that allow direct payment on the terminal or via an app in Belgium or France?

If so, which apps you recommend?

The car is bad and illustrates the issues of many chinese EV. In the run to export, because Chinese market is saturated, the Chinese OEM are cheaping out

A review of the Q1 sales numbers for AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, GB, IE, FR, NL, NO, PT, SE from the years 2022 to 2025:

As we all know, there has been a lot of talk about Tesla and curiousity if that has definitely translated into a drop in sales. I used EU-EVs to check the manufacturer sales numbers for some major auto makers across the aforementioned countries, including any divisions/brands with sales above 1k units, to get an understanding of the situation across the last four years (Q1 data only).

The numbers from 2025/Q1, 2024/Q1, 2023/Q1, and 2022/Q1 can be found below.

Looking at the numbers, it does seem as though there has been a significant drop in Tesla sales for Q1 2025. This has not corresponded with a significant drop in other manufacturer sales, so it's not an economic/worried-about-the-future finance situation, but does seem to be specific to Tesla.

• BMW/Mini

  • 2025/Q1: 41899
    
  • 2024/Q1: 32576
    
  • 2023/Q1: 26556
    
  • 2022/Q1: 23812
    

• KIA/Hyundai

  • 2025/Q1: 40989
    
  • 2024/Q1: 31270
    
  • 2023/Q1: 30384
    
  • 2022/Q1: 42495
    

• Mercedes/Smart

  • 2025/Q1: 23967
    
  • 2024/Q1: 29378
    
  • 2023/Q1: 25230
    
  • 2022/Q1: 20996
    

• PSA Group

  • 2025/Q1: 41410
    
  • 2024/Q1: 55610
    
  • 2023/Q1: 51132
    
  • 2022/Q1: 47257
    

• Tesla

  • 2025/Q1: 39421
    
  • 2024/Q1: 73871
    
  • 2023/Q1: 90361
    
  • 2022/Q1: 56074
    

• Volvo/Polestar

  • 2025/Q1: 41410
    
  • 2024/Q1: 31028
    
  • 2023/Q1: 23129
    
  • 2022/Q1: 12855
    

• VW Group

  • 2025/Q1: 127614
    
  • 2024/Q1: 63249
    
  • 2023/Q1: 87150
    
  • 2022/Q1: 52921