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This Week in Charging

Your weekly briefing on EV charging — the moves, numbers, and stories that mattered.

Europe Needs 35,000 Truck Chargers. It Has 730.
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Europe Needs 35,000 Truck Chargers. It Has 730.

By Chargalytics · September 4, 2026

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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BYD Built 10,000 Megawatt Chargers. Ghana Blew Its Transformers.
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BYD Built 10,000 Megawatt Chargers. Ghana Blew Its Transformers.

By Chargalytics · August 28, 2026

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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Britain Blinked, France Got Robbed, China Culled the Cowboys
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Britain Blinked, France Got Robbed, China Culled the Cowboys

By Chargalytics · August 21, 2026

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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Sinopec Ripped Out the Pumps. Fastned Ripped Up the Excuses.
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Sinopec Ripped Out the Pumps. Fastned Ripped Up the Excuses.

By Chargalytics · August 14, 2026

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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Brussels and Beijing Agree. India Approved 6,562 Chargers, Built None.
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Brussels and Beijing Agree. India Approved 6,562 Chargers, Built None.

By Chargalytics · August 7, 2026

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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Everyone's Writing the Rulebook. Florida's Writing Flying Car Cheques.
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Everyone's Writing the Rulebook. Florida's Writing Flying Car Cheques.

By Chargalytics · July 31, 2026

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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Built It. Now Figure Out How to Bill It.
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Built It. Now Figure Out How to Bill It.

By Chargalytics · July 24, 2026

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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The Bill Comes Due
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The Bill Comes Due

By Chargalytics · July 17, 2026

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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Everyone's Selling, Everyone's Buying, Nobody's Standing Still
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Everyone's Selling, Everyone's Buying, Nobody's Standing Still

By Chargalytics · July 10, 2026

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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Germany Builds for Megawatts While Losing Money on Kilowatts
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Germany Builds for Megawatts While Losing Money on Kilowatts

By Chargalytics · July 3, 2026

Germany greenlights 1MW truck charging as operators bleed cash, UK networks prove profitability, and China targets 40M chargers by 2030.

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Swaptopus Arrives, VW Exits Hardware, and Everyone Wants a Megawatt
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Swaptopus Arrives, VW Exits Hardware, and Everyone Wants a Megawatt

By Chargalytics · June 26, 2026

CATL and Octopus launch Swaptopus for European truck battery-swapping while VW quits charger manufacturing and Alpitronic hits 1 MW.

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1,500 kilowatts and zero installed chargers
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1,500 kilowatts and zero installed chargers

By Chargalytics · June 20, 2026

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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