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INDUSTRY NEWS<\/strong>
\n| \u00a0 August 16, 2026
\n| \u00a0 Global EV Charging Infrastructure<\/p>\n

The global public electric-vehicle charging network expanded by more than one-third in 2025, pushing the worldwide total above seven million charging points as deployment increasingly shifts toward higher-power fast and ultra-fast infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Public electric vehicle charging infrastructure.<\/strong>
\nImage source: U.S. Department of Energy, Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC).
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IEA data:<\/strong> Nearly 1.8 million public charging points were added worldwide during 2025, taking the global stock above 7 million by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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OFFICIAL IEA DATA \u00b7 GLOBAL EV OUTLOOK 2026<\/p>\n

7 million+<\/strong> public charging points worldwide<\/p>\n

Nearly 1.8 million<\/strong> added during 2025<\/p>\n

More than 33%<\/strong> year-on-year global growth<\/p>\n

Approximately 50 kW<\/strong> global average rated public charging power<\/p>\n

Source:
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\nInternational Energy Agency \u2014 Global EV Outlook 2026, Electric Vehicle Charging
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Public charging recorded another year of rapid expansion<\/h2>\n

The International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2026<\/em> shows that public EV charging deployment accelerated again during 2025.<\/p>\n

Nearly 1.8 million public charging points were added to the global network during the year.<\/p>\n

That represented growth of more than 33% compared with the previous year and took the worldwide stock of public charging points above seven million by the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

The growth broadly kept pace with the expansion of the global electric light-duty vehicle fleet.<\/p>\n

According to the IEA, there were approximately 11 electric light-duty vehicles for every public charging point worldwide in 2025, similar to the ratio recorded in 2024.<\/p>\n

Charging capacity is becoming as important as charger count<\/h2>\n

The number of installed charging points is only one measure of charging-network capacity.<\/p>\n

Higher-power chargers can deliver more electricity within a given period and can therefore serve a larger volume of charging demand than low-power units, assuming vehicles can accept the available power.<\/p>\n

The IEA estimates that public charging capacity averaged approximately 4.5 kW for every electric light-duty vehicle worldwide at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

It also reports that the average rated power of public charging points increased by approximately 15% during the year.<\/p>\n

Average rated power rose from just over 40 kW in 2024 to nearly 50 kW in 2025.<\/p>\n

The shift reflects faster growth in fast and ultra-fast public charging infrastructure compared with slower public charging.<\/p>\n

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Official IEA chart<\/strong><\/p>\n

The International Energy Agency publishes the underlying chart,
\n\u201cGlobal stock of public charging points by speed, 2020\u20132025.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IEA chart is licensed under CC BY 4.0 and classifies public charging points as slow, fast and ultra-fast.<\/p>\n


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China remains the world’s largest public charging market<\/h2>\n

China continued to account for the majority of public EV charging infrastructure worldwide at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

According to the IEA, China represented more than 65% of global public charging points.<\/p>\n

Its public network expanded from nearly 3.4 million charging points at the end of 2024 to more than 4.7 million at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n

That growth represented more than three-quarters of the global increase in public charging points during the year.<\/p>\n

China also continued to expand higher-power infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The country’s stock of fast and ultra-fast public charging points increased by around 40%, from approximately 1.5 million in 2024 to 2.2 million in 2025.<\/p>\n

The estimated average rated power of China’s public charging network exceeded 55 kW, higher than the global average of approximately 50 kW.<\/p>\n

Europe added more public charging infrastructure<\/h2>\n

Europe’s public charging network also continued to grow during 2025.<\/p>\n

The IEA estimates that the number of public charging points in Europe increased by around 20%.<\/p>\n

Within the European Union, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania each recorded public charging-network growth above 50%.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands remained Europe’s largest national public charging market at the end of 2025, with approximately 210,000 public charging points.<\/p>\n

Germany followed with approximately 196,000, while France had around 185,000.<\/p>\n

The IEA reports an average of approximately 11 EVs for every public charging point in the European Union, close to the global average.<\/p>\n

Ultra-fast charging continues to expand in Europe<\/h2>\n

European public charging growth is increasingly accompanied by higher-power infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The IEA reports that the number of ultra-fast charging points in the European Union increased by approximately 30% between 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation is one of the policies supporting high-power charging deployment along major European transport corridors.<\/p>\n

For passenger cars and vans, AFIR establishes charging-infrastructure requirements along key sections of the trans-European transport network.<\/p>\n

The United States also recorded faster-charging growth<\/h2>\n

The United States recorded a record number of new public charging points during 2025, according to the IEA.<\/p>\n

The number added during the year was approximately 20% higher than the number added in 2024.<\/p>\n

Fast and ultra-fast public charging points increased by approximately 30% to nearly 70,000.<\/p>\n

The number of slower public charging points increased to more than 160,000.<\/p>\n

Despite that growth, the United States still represents a relatively small share of the global public charging stock compared with its share of the global electric light-duty vehicle fleet.<\/p>\n

Higher-power charging changes network operations<\/h2>\n

As charging networks become larger and more powerful, their operational requirements also increase.<\/p>\n

A public charging point is not only an electrical device. Networked infrastructure generates charging-session records, meter data, payment events, status messages, diagnostics, firmware requirements and operational alerts.<\/p>\n

At high-power charging locations, electricity capacity becomes an additional operational constraint.<\/p>\n

Several DC fast chargers operating simultaneously can create substantial site demand, particularly when a charging hub contains multiple 150 kW, 350 kW or higher-power chargers.<\/p>\n

As a result, charging-network software increasingly operates alongside site-level energy-management systems.<\/p>\n

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Operational functions increasingly relevant at scale<\/strong><\/p>\n