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Electric cars were 38% of US production in 1900. Here’s to everyone who got us back

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Electric cars were 38% of US production in 1900. Here’s to everyone who got us back

By Chargalytics · October 12, 2026

The electric car has been invented, celebrated, killed and revived. From a Paris tricycle in 1881 to the blank page of 2100, and why we’re giving researchers, NGOs and journalists free access to Chargalytics.

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The Autumn of 2026 Chargalytics conference awards

The Autumn of 2026 Chargalytics conference awards

September 22, 2026

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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Europe's truck charging market in one map: 2 650 megawatt bays by 2030, and where they go

Europe's truck charging market in one map: 2 650 megawatt bays by 2030, and where they go

September 15, 2026

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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What a parked electric car is actually worth

What a parked electric car is actually worth

By Chargalytics · September 8, 2026

Europe’s electric cars are a giant battery, and they are mostly parked at the right hour. We measured who is plugged in, who would pay, and what happens by 2030. The answer: a few hundred euros a year per car, mostly as a lower bill. The plain-language version of our V2X deep dive.

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Nobody is buying CPOs. They're buying the pieces.

Nobody is buying CPOs. They're buying the pieces.

August 11, 2026

In March we published a thesis on who would end up owning Europe's charging networks. Our M&A tracker has logged 86 European transactions since April, 38 of them changes of control. Five of seven predictions landed. One landed partly, and one hasn't. And 21 of those 38 deals weren't companies at all.

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Demand model: the curve that tells you when the money arrives

Demand model: the curve that tells you when the money arrives

By Chargalytics · July 15, 2026

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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Execution score: the number that tells you which CPOs actually deliver

Execution score: the number that tells you which CPOs actually deliver

By Chargalytics · July 7, 2026

Two operators. Same city. Same charger hardware. One attracts more than twice the charging of the other. We built a score that explains why.

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Lidl vs McDonald's vs the Autobahn: where are the best EV charging locations?

Lidl vs McDonald's vs the Autobahn: where are the best EV charging locations?

By Chargalytics · July 1, 2026

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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The charger OEM landscape heading into Power2Drive 2026

The charger OEM landscape heading into Power2Drive 2026

By Chargalytics · June 19, 2026

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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Location score: the number that predicts CPO success

Location score: the number that predicts CPO success

By Chargalytics · June 16, 2026

A charger in the right spot prints money. The same hardware in the wrong spot bleeds it. We scored every station in our database — here's what the data says.

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