This Week in Charging — 13-20 June 2026. A weekly round-up of the stories shaping the global EV charging industry.
The global view
The charging world this week ran on pure irony. BYD showed up in Europe with 1,500 kW chargers that can fill a battery in five minutes, while Massachusetts admitted it has installed exactly zero chargers from its $64 million federal allocation. The UK government is about to gut its own EV mandate — just as its charging operators proved the business model works.
China’s crude oil imports hit an eight-year low. Ethiopia has 115,000 EVs on the road and roughly one public charger per 575 of them. And GRIDSERVE, of all companies, proved that charging can actually make money.
The dominant theme? The technology is here. The money is here. The bottleneck is everything in between.
Europe
The UK dominated European headlines with a spectacular policy-versus-investment collision. Charging companies threatened to cancel £2 billion in planned investment — equivalent to 50,000 chargers — if Starmer weakens the zero-emission vehicle mandate. Days later, the government confirmed it plans to cut the 2030 EV sales target from 80% to 50%. A third policy revision in three years. Investor confidence, meet the paper shredder.
Meanwhile, the counter-narrative: GRIDSERVE reported £64 million in revenue, 45% year-on-year growth, and its first EBITDA-positive result (£3 million). Over 3 million sessions, 200+ sites, 99% availability. The commercial case for EV charging in the UK has never been stronger. The political case, apparently, is another matter.
On the hardware front, BYD is bringing its Flash Charging technology to Europe — 1,500 kW, 10% to 70% in five minutes, with plans for 3,000 stations across the continent within 12 months. Tesla also landed its Folding Unit Supercharger in Europe: prefabricated V4 cabinets at 500 kW, cutting installation costs by 20% and time by half.
In the money department, GreenWay secured €138 million in green debt financing for expansion across Poland, Slovakia, and Croatia, bringing its total funding to €258 million. And ChargePoint made a decisive strategic move: exiting the European consumer market entirely, shutting personal accounts by June 30 and pivoting exclusively to commercial, fleet, and CPO segments.
Down in Portugal, Galp completed its fast-charging corridor spanning the length of the country. Quietly impressive in a week of loud announcements.
North America
The US crossed the 250,000 public charging port milestone this week. Tesla accounts for roughly 20% of them, with 50,000 ports including 38,000 DC fast chargers. ChargePoint leads Level 2 with 76,000+. The number is big. The context is brutal: it is still not enough.
The NEVI funding saga continues to embarrass. Massachusetts received $64 million in federal charger funding two years ago and has installed zero chargers. Only $4 million in preparatory work completed. This is the poster child for why throwing money at infrastructure without fixing procurement doesn’t work.
The bright spots were fleet-focused. Rivian joined ChargeScape (BMW, Ford, Honda, Nissan) for vehicle-to-grid integration, making the V2G coalition more formidable by the week. Electrify America opened its largest battery-backed hub in Santa Barbara — 20 stalls at 350 kW with a 1.9 MW battery system. And up in Canada, Hypercharge saw a 600% jump in carbon credit revenue under the Clean Fuel Regulations — from $236K to $1.74 million. The business model works when the regulatory framework does.
China
China is where the energy transition stops being theoretical and starts being measurable. Gasoline sales dropped 8% and diesel 6% in April. EV charging volumes surged 69% year-on-year. Crude oil imports fell 29% in May to an eight-year low. These are not projections. These are receipts.
Xiaomi unveiled a robotic charging arm for home use — AI vision, sub-millimetre precision, scheduled for Q4 2026. Tesla promised this in 2014. Xiaomi is shipping it. Li Auto, Aito, and Star Charge are building competitors. The home charging experience is about to get very different.
Five government ministries launched the 2026 rural EV promotion campaign, covering 155 models across 59 pilot counties. Total charging infrastructure reached 21.9 million units as of April, up 47.4% year-on-year. The rural push is significant — this is no longer a coastal-city phenomenon.
Perhaps the most structurally important story: BYD, GAC, and Geely are partnering with Sinopec and CNOOC to convert fuel stations into multi-energy hubs (charging, battery swapping, hydrogen). CATL is targeting 4,000 combined stations across 190 cities. When petrol station operators become charging operators, the transition is no longer optional.
India
India’s government made its biggest infrastructure bet yet: the PM E-Drive scheme approved 4,874 public charging stations across 74 national highway corridors, with Tamil Nadu getting 498 in the first phase. Rs 2,000 crore in subsidies. This is real deployment, not another white paper.
On interoperability — India’s most persistent headache — Bolt.Earth and ChargeZone partnered to create cross-network roaming across 1,500+ fast-charging locations. One app, multiple networks. This is the single most important structural improvement India’s charging landscape can make right now.
And if you want to know the real state of Indian public charging, look at Amazon: they’re building their own charging infrastructure for 11,000+ electric delivery vehicles because the public network can’t support their operations. When the largest e-commerce player gives up on public charging and builds private — that tells you everything.
Rest of Asia
South Korea ran the region’s headlines. SK Signet won a KRW 32.8 billion public fast charger contract — 498 chargers across 314 sites — its third consecutive year as supplier. Korea’s largest private operator CHAEVI partnered with KT on AI-powered charging, deploying 138 fast chargers (85 NACS-compatible) across 27 highway rest stops.
Vietnam’s numbers are striking: 374,816 pure EVs on the road as of end-May, but charging infrastructure is dangerously behind, particularly in apartment basements. A cautionary tale for fast-growing markets where sales outrun the grid.
In the Middle East, Soluem became the first Korean company to receive Saudi Arabia’s SIP approval for EV charger manufacturing, while the UAE launched its first mobile ‘at your door’ EV charging service. The Gulf states are moving from announcements to actual infrastructure plays.
Oceania
Tesla opened its 1,000th Supercharger stall in Australia — 155 sites covering 10,000 km of major corridors. The milestone Byron Bay site even got a custom ocean-themed design, because of course it did.
The real tech story: Hyundai’s Ioniq 9 completed Australia’s first vehicle-to-grid discharge using ISO 15118-20 with a StarCharge bidirectional DC charger. V2G just became real down under.
Meanwhile, exclusive utilisation data revealed that Australia’s fast chargers are occupied just 14% of the day on average. Sounds fine — until Easter, when some regional corridors saw queues stretching to five hours. The network is adequate on a Tuesday. On a holiday weekend, it falls apart.
South America
Colombia announced Ruta-E, a 1,200 km zero-emission freight corridor from Bogota to Cartagena — the continent’s first serious electric logistics play. Target: 1,000+ battery-electric trucks by 2032, cutting 185,000+ tonnes of CO2 annually.
In the strange-bedfellows department: Argentina’s state oil company YPF signed an LOI with Tesla to explore a fast-charging network. A state petroleum giant partnering with the world’s largest EV manufacturer. The future is, at minimum, architecturally confusing.
Africa
East Africa is writing the continent’s charging story. Ethiopia’s EV fleet surpassed 115,000 following the 2024 ban on new petrol and diesel imports. The state utility is planning 40+ stations nationwide, including 16 along the Ethio-Djibouti corridor. The need: roughly 1,100 stations in Addis Ababa alone. The current count: about 200. The gap is staggering, but the demand curve is undeniable.
MTN Nigeria and First WATT are deploying solar-powered EV charging at telecom tower sites — 34 MWp solar plus 40 MWh battery storage, with 60 kW chargers at 8 locations. Using telco infrastructure for EV charging is a clever leapfrog move for markets without a legacy petrol station network.
In South Africa, GridCars plans 650 kW truck charging at three highway sites at R4.50-5.50/kWh (vs. R7.35 retail electricity). And Tanzania slashed EV import duties from 25% to 10% and removed VAT on charging equipment entirely. The policy dominoes are falling across the region.
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