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The scoreboard for EV charging infrastructure. 30+ countries, 1.5M+ charge points, real-time CPO benchmarking. Data-first, opinion-included. https://www.chargalytics.com
How much would you pay to save 5 minutes at a charger? Our 4-minute video: 27 minutes on the plug, ~60 kW drawn, and €8–12 for every minute a megawatt saves. Full analysis: chargalytics.com/deep-dives/why-faster-charging-isnt-the-answer #EVcharging #EV
How much would you pay to save 5 minutes at a charger?
4 minutes, 15 million charging sessions, one question: what is a minute at a megawatt charger worth?
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This week in charging China's public chargers run at 5-6% utilisation. Breakeven is 10-15%. So Geely took 30% of NIO Power, Ampol paid A$225m for Evie, and BP sold its French network. Consolidation week, on three continents. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-10-02
Ampol Bought Evie. Geely Bought In. BP Got Out. | Chargalytics
Geely took 30% of NIO Power, Ampol paid A$225m for Evie, BP sold its French network and Switzerland folded four brands into one. China's chargers run at 5-6% utilisation.
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This week in charging Geely put 2,250 kW on a charger. Ausgrid put A$90,000 on the grid connection for eight 200 kW bays, against millions for a firm one. The charger is getting bigger. The wire is getting negotiable. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-09-25
Chargers Hit 2.25 MW. The Grid Learned to Say Maybe. | Chargalytics
Geely took the charger to 2,250 kW, BYD hit 2,000 expressway stations early, and Australia and the UK found the cheaper grid connection: the one the network can turn down.
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Conference Awards 2026 🏆 51 events in 88 working days, 406 CEOs on stage, three CFOs. Light infotainment, grab a coffee: https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/chargalytics-conference-awards-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=conference-awards-2026 #EVcharging #EV
The Autumn of 2026 Chargalytics conference awards | Chargalytics
Six charging conferences run at once this Wednesday. We stayed home, read 455 session titles, and handed out the trophies nobody asked for.
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This week in charging Germany started work on 4,200 truck charge points, 1,800 of them megawatt. Tesla priced a Megacharger at €163,000. Daimler priced a 10% miss on the EU truck target at €1.2bn and asked for new rules. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-09-18
Tesla Priced the Megacharger. Daimler Priced the Fine. | Chargalytics
Germany started on 1,800 megawatt truck chargers, Tesla put a €163,000 price on one, and Daimler put €1.2bn on missing the EU truck target, then blamed the chargers.
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Europe's motorway trucks need ~2 650 megawatt bays by 2030. The VDA asks for 35 000. Two-thirds sit on twenty roads, nine German: https://chargalytics.com/insights/truck-charging-market-map-2030/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=truck-map-2030 #EVcharging #MCS
Europe's truck charging market in one map: 2 650 megawatt bays by 2030, on twenty roads | Chargalytics
The short read of our truck charging deep dive. One map of where the break-charging demand lands on 80 000 km of European motorway to 2035, and why the corridor market needs fewer megawatt bays than the lobby says, in more specific places.
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This week in charging Alpitronic put 1 MW on a Berlin show floor. The Mercedes under it took 600 kW. Two weeks after calling the megawatt race overblown, ChargePoint demoed 600 kW too. Meanwhile EVgo, Walmart and ChargeZone. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-09-11
The Megawatt Came to Berlin. The Money Went Grocery Shopping. | Chargalytics
Alpitronic put 1 MW on a Berlin show floor, ChargePoint demoed 600 kW a fortnight after calling the race overblown, and EVgo, Walmart and ChargeZone put the money where cars actually park.
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Cash for your EV's battery has been 5 years away since 2009. We measured 408 000 bays in 11 countries and priced it. #V2G #EV https://chargalytics.com/insights/what-a-parked-electric-car-is-worth-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=what-a-parked-electric-car-is-worth-2026
This week in charging Europe needs ~35,000 megawatt truck chargers by 2030. In July it had 730. The US needs up to 429,000 and has 368 across 20 sites. Everyone drew the corridors first. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-09-04
Europe Needs 35,000 Truck Chargers. It Has 730. | Chargalytics
Europe needs 35,000 megawatt truck chargers by 2030 and has 730. America needs up to 429,000 and has 368. Five governments drew a corridor anyway.
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26.8% load on France's fast chargers on Sat 1 Aug. 12.4% by the 31st. One departure day, then three weeks parked by the sea. https://chargalytics.com/deep-dives/august-holiday-traffic-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=august-holiday-traffic-2026 #EV #EVcharging #CPO
133 sessions at icnc26. Perfect planning gets you into 50 — if you never eat. So we mapped the lot: agenda, booths, routes. ChargiPedia free all week. https://chargalytics.com/events/icnc-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=icnc-2026-guide #icnc26 #EVcharging #eMobility
This week in charging BYD opened its 10,000th 1.5 MW flash charging station on Friday — network doubled in five months. To hit 20,000 by December it needs 80 a day. Tesla built 38,000 US ports in 14 years. Ghana, meanwhile, is. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-08-28
BYD Built 10,000 Megawatt Chargers. Ghana Blew Its Transformers. | Chargalytics
BYD doubled its 1.5 MW network to 10,000 stations in five months, Europe found €1bn for truck charging it cannot yet spend, and Ghana's fast chargers started blowing transformers.
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This week in charging Copper thieves have taken 650 French charge points this year — 10% of the network, €13m of damage, for cables holding €30 of metal. Meanwhile the UK is consulting on requiring fewer EVs. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-08-21
Britain Blinked, France Got Robbed, China Culled the Cowboys | Chargalytics
The UK asked whether it should require fewer EVs, copper thieves took out 10% of France's charging network, and China deleted a third of its charger makers by decree.
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1 018 of Germany's 31 865 chargers declare Plug&Charge. Ionity runs it network-wide and declares 1 of 61. https://chargalytics.com/deep-dives/plug-and-charge-europe-status-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=plug-and-charge-europe-status-2026 #EV #EVcharging #PlugAndCharge
Europe mandated Plug&Charge. Nobody can say where it works. | Chargalytics
AFIR made ISO 15118-2 compulsory on 8 January 2026. Germany's federal registry lists 1 018 of 31 865 public charge points as Plug&Charge-capable, Ionity declares one site out of 61, and a relay attack on the standard lands at USENIX this year. Meanwhile Autocharge, which has none of the security, keeps working.
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Sinopec dug up the petrol tanks at a Shanghai station and installed six BYD 1,500 kW chargers — battery-buffered so the site draws just 100 kW from the grid. Same week Fastned posted 48% station margins and France's install. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-08-14
Sinopec Ripped Out the Pumps. Fastned Ripped Up the Excuses. | Chargalytics
Fastned hit 48% station margins, Sinopec dug up a Shanghai petrol station for 1,500 kW BYD chargers, and France's install rate fell 27%.
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38 changes of control in European EV charging since April. One disclosed a price. 21 weren't companies — just carved-out units. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/europe-charging-ma-scorecard-august-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ma-scorecard-2026-08 #EVcharging #CPO
India has approved 6,562 public EV chargers under PM E-DRIVE. Installed: zero. Same week, Brussels and Beijing published near-identical plans: your car is grid infrastructure now. One via mandate, one via 5 trillion. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-08-07
Brussels and Beijing Agree. India Approved 6,562 Chargers, Built None. | Chargalytics
The EU and China published near-identical grid plans days apart, India installed zero of 6,562 approved chargers, and EVgo put its own logo on Tesla Superchargers.
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In May, 20 European fast-charging sites ran effectively full at peak. In July: 145. Remote stations gained 3x the load of city ones. https://www.chargalytics.com/deep-dives/july-holiday-traffic-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=july-holiday-traffic-2026 #EVcharging #DCFC
Europe's charging network survived July. 145 sites didn't. | Chargalytics
Between 6 July and 2 August, load across almost 21 000 fast-charging bays in five European countries ran 53% above spring. 145 sites spent their peak hours effectively full, seven times as many as in May — and almost none of them were in a city.
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Florida wants to spend $197m of federal EV charger money on flying taxi pads. Meanwhile China hit 23.06m charge points (+43.2% YoY), and US fast-charging utilisation crept to 15.8% on 10% fewer new ports. This week in charging: https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-07-31
Everyone's Writing the Rulebook. Florida's Writing Flying Car Cheques. | Chargalytics
Vietnam mandates national charging standards, Malaysia refuses to regulate prices, Australia fights over who owns the kerb — and Florida redirects $197m of charger money to flying taxis.
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EU beats its own charging targets by 180%. China's operators make 0.04 yuan/kWh and pivot to grid services. Tesla opens 1.2 MW Megachargers. India crosses 52,000 stations. Infrastructure arrived — the business model hasn't. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-07-24
Built It. Now Figure Out How to Bill It. | Chargalytics
EU smashes its own charging targets by 180%, Tesla fires up 1.2 MW Megachargers, and China's operators pivot from selling electrons to selling grid services.
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China's charging module costs up 15%. 80% of operators already losing money. US port additions down 10% YoY. Germany mandates chargers in new buildings. The bill comes due. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-07-17
The Bill Comes Due | Chargalytics
Charging module costs spike in China, the UK taxes EV miles, the US slows deployment, and Germany mandates chargers in every new building.
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When does the money arrive? Norway's S-curve is complete at 96%. Germany is at 19% — same curve, different clock. We published the final piece of our Pulse methodology. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/pulse-demand-model-explained #EVcharging #CPO
Demand model: the curve that tells you when the money arrives | Chargalytics
Norway reached 96% BEV sales share in 2025. Germany is at 19%. Same curve, different timing. Here’s how we model the demand side of Pulse — and why it matters for every CPO’s profitability timeline.
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Our Pulse score values Mer at 68% of the merged Mer-Eviny network. Statkraft accepted 43%. That's a 25pp gap no scenario can close. Eviny's shareholders got a stellar deal — backed by data, not vibes. https://www.chargalytics.com/deep-dives/mer-eviny-merger-pulse-valuation #EVcharging #MandA
The Mer-Eviny merger: who got the better deal? | Chargalytics
We used our Pulse methodology to independently value the Mer and Eviny networks being merged. The data suggests a 25 percentage point gap between operational value and deal terms.
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4 European charging M&A deals in one week: Cubos, Powerdot, Mobility House, and Statkraft/Eviny all moved. Energy majors are exiting, focused operators are consolidating. Meanwhile a Telstra outage in Australia took chargers. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-07-10
Everyone's Selling, Everyone's Buying, Nobody's Standing Still | Chargalytics
Europe's charging market reshuffles ownership in a single week as Cubos, Powerdot, and Mobility House snap up assets from retreating energy majors.
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Location score = potential. Execution score = who extracts it. In Norway, retail-native CPOs (Tesla, Ionity, Circle K) outperform infrastructure-focused operators by nearly 3x — at locations of equal quality. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/cpo-execution-score-explained #EVcharging #CPO
Execution score: the number that tells you which CPOs actually deliver | Chargalytics
Two operators. Same city. Same charger hardware. One prints money, the other collects dust. We built a score that explains why.
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Most German CPOs lose money. GRIDSERVE posts 40% EBITDA margins. Germany awards megawatt truck chargers. Delhi bans petrol autos from Jan 2027. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-07-03
Germany Builds for Megawatts While Losing Money on Kilowatts | Chargalytics
Germany greenlights 1MW truck charging as operators bleed cash, UK networks prove profitability, and China targets 40M chargers by 2030.
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5 338 Lidl, McDonald's and Autobahn sites in Germany, scored for EV charging. McDonald's wins. Zero Poor locations out of 1 343. Autobahn? Highest traffic, lowest score. Being surrounded by nothing hurts. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/lidl-mcdonalds-autobahn-location-score-comparison
Lidl vs McDonald's vs the Autobahn: where are the best EV charging locations? | Chargalytics
We scored 5 338 locations across three iconic German brands for EV fast-charging potential. McDonald's leads on average, but Lidl has the most top-tier sites.
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CATL + Octopus Energy named their truck battery-swapping JV "Swaptopus." Alpitronic hit 1,041 kW. VW quit making chargers. The weekly round-up: https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-06-26
Swaptopus Arrives, VW Exits Hardware, and Everyone Wants a Megawatt | Chargalytics
CATL and Octopus launch Swaptopus for European truck battery-swapping while VW quits charger manufacturing and Alpitronic hits 1 MW.
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85 Chinese hardware companies. 26 cars on 800V. Four bidirectional milestones in one week. We mapped the charger OEM landscape heading into Power2Drive. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/charger-oem-landscape-power2drive-2026 #Power2Drive #EVcharging #V2G
The charger OEM landscape heading into Power2Drive 2026 | Chargalytics
85 Chinese hardware companies, 26 cars on 800V architecture, and the first mass-produced bidirectional wallbox. Here's the state of play in EV charging hardware as the industry gathers in Munich.
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BYD's 1,500 kW chargers land in Europe. Massachusetts installs zero with $64M. GRIDSERVE turns a profit. China's oil imports hit an 8-year low. 334 articles. 8 regions. One weekly round-up. https://www.chargalytics.com/insights/this-week-in-charging-2026-06-20
1,500 kilowatts and zero installed chargers | Chargalytics
This Week in Charging: BYD brings 1,500 kW chargers to Europe, Massachusetts installs zero with $64M, the UK wobbles on its EV mandate, and East Africa surges ahead.
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