CPOs’ charging infrastructure in Europe - July overview

Europe continues to invest in electric mobility and EV charging infrastructure to try to reach the European Commission’s target of 3.5 million charging points by 2030. At the end of 2023, there were 632,423 public charging points across the EU. We see CPOs strengthening their networks, opening new charging stations, upgrading existing ones, entering into agreements with new partners or getting funding for new projects. Clean energy is a common factor in the new stations, as well as a focus on customer satisfaction, all with the aim of making charging points more profitable.

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We can see several summer charging promotions to try to attract more EV drivers, but also some measures to look for the efficient use of chargers, such as the overstay fee on all High-Power Chargers (HPCs) introduced by Allego this month to ensure fair access and reduce waiting times.

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Ultra-fast charging to reduce charging times is part of the industry-wide efforts. In this way, Nyobolt launched a new battery that charges from 10% to 80% in four minutes and 37 seconds. Meanwhile, IONITY celebrated the milestone of 4,000 high-power charging points in Europe this month.

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Let’s have a look at our round-up of the latest news on CPOs charging infrastructure in Europe.

CPOs latest news in Northern Europe

• Allego: In the past few weeks, Allego has opened 2 ultra-fast 150 kW chargers at the Oyo Sunrise Hotel, on the A46, between Leicester and Nottingham, in the UK.
• bp pulse: It opened its first M&S EV charging hub in the UK, in Cheshunt, with 4 bays up to 150 kW and 6 up to 50 kW. Over 150 M&S stores in the UK have bp pulse charging bays.
• Fastned: It is expanding its network across the UK with 2 new charging stations in Forrest Park and Dalgety Bay with 10  and 6 charging spots up to 300 kW of charging power, respectively. 
• IONITY: The CPO continues to strengthen its charging network in Northern Europe. IONITY has reached 100 high-power charging points in Denmark, a new milestone to celebrate. One of the latest stations opened in this country was in Struer with 6 new charging points, between Hostebro and Thy National Park. Rudshøgda, in Norway, counts with a new station with 8 high-power charging points. A new hub with 9 charging points was also opened in Sheffield, UK. 
• PowerGo: This company is expanding its network in Denmark. A new partnership with Looad, will provide more than 420 car dealers with fast chargers. 
• Uno X: New 14 hypercharger plugs in the Nordics at 57 locations. The most recent ones were launched in Norway, at the 7-Eleven in Grorud and at REMA 1000 in Evje.

CPOs latest news in Central Europe

• Allego: It continues to expand its network in France with a new opening in Limoges, at Zone Commerciale Buxerolles Limoges, with 4x ultra-fast chargers open 24 hours. 
• Atlante: In partnership with the Banque des Territoires, the company has installed and is operating more than 500 fast-charging points in France.
• Be Charge: It launched its largest high-power charging station in France, at the Chaumont-sur-Tharonne service area on the A71 motorway, with 300 kW chargers to serve 14 electric cars and another one to charge electric trucks. Be Charge plans to expand this station with additional 14 spots and 400 kW chargers for electric trucks. 
• Bump: The company was added to Renault Trucks’ network of approved installers for electrifying its customers' logistics depots in France.
• DRIVECO: A new charging station was opened in France in partnership with Leplein, at Leroy Merlin in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, with all charging levels. In addition, 9 new stations were opened in Carrefour Market parkings last month: Saint-Soupplets, Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc, Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, Campigneulles-les-Petites, Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, Magny en Vexin, Tarbes and Rue. And 2 new DRIVECO charging stations opened at Homebox in Plaisir and Perpignan.
• Electra: It signed a new partnership with GLS France, to help them to open new electric routes in France. And to promote its charging network across the country, Electra launched a new campaign for the Olympics Games: for every gold medal won by France Electra users will get 1 cent discount on their charges between July 26th and August 11th, and August 28th and September 8th. The users of the new station at INDIGO Group in Nice can also enjoy this offer. Electra is now expanding its network in the Netherlands, where the CPO plans to open 100 stations, and in Austria, where it opened its first EV charging station at the Ibis Style Hotel in Linz.
• Eleport: It is celebrating being classified as #4 EV charging network operator in Poland by PSNM.
• ENGIE Vianeo: The company is running some summer offers in France for EV drivers, including a contest to win prepaid charging cards worth €100, €500, and €1,000. A few weeks ago, the company announced the next deployment of a 6x 300 kW charging points station at Pérols with the GPF Group.  
• Fastned: It is strengthening its network in Belgium with the addition of 8x 400 kW charging spots at Maasmechelen Ringlaan, in the E314 highway. EV drivers can now charge at the new hub of 8 charging spots up to 400 kW in Aire De Guer, on the N24, in France. The company is also focusing on the Netherlands, where it has recently renewed its biggest station in the country, Den Ruygen Hoek-West, with 16 charging spots and up to 400 kW chargers. And a new charging station in DE Paal, with 6x 300kW chargers, was opened in the last few weeks.
• IONITY: The CPO is not stopping the growth of its charging network in Central Europe. Germany, counts now with a new station of 12 fast charging points in Werneck, and a similar one in Paderborn. Also, the IONITY Friedberg station was upgraded with 6 new points. New openings also in Dommartin, France, on the A31, with 12 charging points, and Montélimar with 6 new points. In addition, its Langres Perrogney station was upgraded from 6 to 12 high power charging points. Switzerland added a few new EV charging stations in Gisikon and Oftringen, reaching the milestone of 100 high-power charging points in this country. Ostrava, in the Czech Republic, opened a new hub with 6 charging points. 
• Powerdot: It is enhancing its network in Central Europe. 15 new charging points are now live in Nice, France, at the Nice Valley Shopping Mall. EV users in France, Belgium, Poland and Spain are enjoying a 30% off in their charges at Powerdot stations until July 28th.
• SWIO: It inaugurated a new station with 32x AC charging points at the Advanzia Bank in Munsbach, Luxembourg. SWIO also launched SOMMY Lite, a AC mobile charging solution -made in collaboration with SOCOM-, that provides up to 4x 22 kW charging points for events or construction site charging.

CPOs latest news in Southern Europe

• Atlante: This CPO is consolidating its presence in Southern Europe, with more than 2,000 active charging points -including France-, and plans to exceed 35,000 fast and ultra-fast charging points by 2030, interconnected to set one of the largest virtual power plants in the word, as Atlante Chief Technology and Digital Officer, Francesco Lamberti, declared. Following these goals, Atlante has signed an agreement with ALDI supermarkets in Spain to install 2 to 4 fast charging points at 80 of their stores. This number may increase as the partnership progresses. Plugsurfing has included Atlante in its network to sum forces especially in Southern Europe. This CPO is also currently promoting its charging stations in Italy, France and Spain with a 20% discount on charges with the Chargemap pass or mobile app, from July 22nd to August 4th.  
• bp pulse (Iberdrola | bp pulse): They have launched the first MCS (Megawatt Charging System) in Southern Europe at the Disfrimur Group's logistics centre in Murcia, Spain. This MCS can charge up to 80% of a truck’s battery in 30 minutes, as it counts with up to 1,440 kW
• Electra: Celebrated the opening of its 10th charging station in Italy, in Turin.
• Ewiva: This CPO is running a summer promotion of 8 cent off for users who pay by bank card directly at their chargers across Italy until September 30th.
• Fastned: It will deploy 16x ultra-fast charging points for Autopistas in 2 hugs on the C-32 motorway in El Garraf, Spain.
• IONITY: Its Basile Palermo station, in Italy, is back to operation with 3 additional chargers, bringing the total of 5.  
• Powerdot: Winner of the ESG Award of the Year 2023 by the Investors Portugal Association.
• PowerGo: Celebrated its first anniversary in Spain, where the CPO has already installed 62 charging points and plans to install another 185 across the country.

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Some of these CPOs were listed in the Chargemap’s ranking of the most reliable networks to charge this summer. Electra, Tesla Superchargers and Fastned, in the Top 3.

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