France is reportedly spending $2.2 billion to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations. Taxpayer dollars will go to fund the project that will install the initial nation-wide network.

The government is making the installation of charging stations mandatory in office parking lots by 2015 and any new apartment buildings with parking lots must host charging stations by 2012. According to France’s Environment Minister, a group of fleet operators have indicated they’ll be purchasing around 100,000 EVs by 2015, so the network will be built in time.