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In-depth analysis of the EV charging market — economics, consolidation, and what comes next.

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August's charging peak lasted one Saturday. Then everyone parked.

September 2, 2026

France's fast chargers hit 26.8% on Saturday 1 August, the busiest day of the summer, and spent the rest of the month coming down. Italy peaked a week later and took Ferragosto off. The Nordic sites that ran hot in July handed almost all of it back.

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The third plug is worth more than the twelfth

By Chargalytics · August 26, 2026

Kempower says plug count drives charging site utilization. The direction is right, the statistics wobble, and a 1917 telephone model shows exactly where the argument runs out. We ran it on 8 966 European DC sites.

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Europe mandated Plug&Charge. Nobody can say where it works.

August 19, 2026

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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Europe's charging network survived July. 145 sites didn't.

By Chargalytics · August 5, 2026

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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The Mer-Eviny merger: who got the better deal?

By Chargalytics · July 12, 2026

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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The Consolidation Game: What Do Future CPOs Look Like?

By Ole Henrik Hannisdahl · March 4, 2026

Europe's CPO market has entered consolidation: Utilities and oil majors are selling, infrastructure funds and fuel retailers are buying, and property control is becoming the decisive moat. This analysis maps likely winners, likely sellers, and when profitability can emerge as BEV-per-fast-charger density rises.

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What does it take for a CPO to be profitable?

By Ole Henrik Hannisdahl · July 24, 2023

Out of all the companies out there owning and operating charging networks, none are profitable, and most burn through cash at an alarming rate. Yet, we see investors and analysts pricing CPOs at up to a whopping 70 times book value. What does it take for a CPO to make money in the long run? What do we have to believe in to justify these valuations? In this article, we break down the main components of a generic CPO financial model to try to answer these questions.

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