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Charging stations and electric cars in the canton of Obwalden
In the canton of Obwalden, 1’065 electric cars are registered, 4,4 % of all passenger cars; the Swiss average is 5,2 %. The SFOE lists 114 public charging points, 24 of them with direct current. There are 9,3 electric cars per charging point, 12,4 across Switzerland.
In the week 19.–25.10.2026, a charging point in the canton was occupied 7,2 % of the time on average, 10,9 % across Switzerland. We counted at least 450 charging sessions.
Municipalities without a reported charging point
Every municipality of the canton with more than 20 electric cars has at least one reported public charging point.
All municipalities
Occupancy is shown from 4 charging points. Sorted by name.
| Municipality | Electric cars | Share | Charging points | Electric cars per charging point | Occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpnach | 165 | 4,1 % | 6 | 27,5 | 19,2 % |
| Engelberg | 86 | 3,7 % | 36 | 2,4 | 6,3 % |
| Giswil | 71 | 2,9 % | 8 | 8,9 | 4,2 % |
| Kerns | 200 | 4,9 % | 12 | 16,7 | 8,5 % |
| Lungern | 54 | 4,1 % | 6 | 9,0 | 16,9 % |
| Sachseln | 157 | 5,0 % | 8 | 19,6 | 6,7 % |
| Sarnen | 332 | 4,9 % | 37 | 9,0 | 5,1 % |
Where the figures come from
- Electric cars: FSO, road vehicle stock by municipality, as of 2025, and new registrations 2025. Counted by the keeper’s address, so company cars are included. We do not show figures under 5.
- Charging points: SFOE, charging stations for electric cars (ich-tanke-strom.ch), daily export of 26.10.2026. The municipality follows from the coordinate and swisstopo’s municipal boundaries (swissBOUNDARIES3D).
- Occupancy: our own measurement from the SFOE status reports, every 3 minutes, week 19.–25.10.2026. The figures are openly available at /ladenetz-gemeinden.json.
- Electricity tariff: ElCom, tariffs reported by the distribution system operators, standard product, profile H5 (7’500 kWh a year, house with an electric car), excluding VAT.
What the figures do not say
- Private chargers in garages and at houses are not recorded centrally anywhere and are missing here. Most electric cars charge there.
- No reported charging point does not mean there is none: an operator who does not report its charger to the SFOE is missing from the file.
- Charging sessions are a lower bound. We count the change from free to occupied between two readings; a session shorter than three minutes is missed.
- Occupancy counts how often a charging point was reported as occupied. A car that stays parked after charging counts as occupied.