ChargePoint has released data from more than 100 million electric vehicle (EV) charging sessions conducted over the past year, indicating that charging demand is increasing faster than infrastructure deployment.
The company’s session data, combined with 2025 global EV sales figures, suggests a widening gap between EV adoption and available charging capacity. Global EV sales increased 20% in 2025, with European sales rising 33% and the US recording its second-strongest year for EV sales.
According to ChargePoint, charging session volume increased 34% year-over-year in 2025. During the same period, approximately 190,000 additional charging ports became available across its network. However, utilization growth outpaced port expansion by nearly 20%, indicating higher load per charger and increasing infrastructure pressure.
The company reports that nearly 60% of the 19.3 billion electric miles enabled through its network occurred within the past two years, reflecting the cumulative impact of a growing EV fleet. It also notes that plug-in hybrid vehicles account for 16% of all commercial AC charging sessions managed on its platform.
For engineers and infrastructure planners, the data highlights the importance of designing charging systems for higher utilization rates, improved uptime, load management capability, and scalable site architectures. As the installed EV base grows, charger deployment strategies increasingly need to account for fleet density, power distribution constraints, and long-term utilization modeling rather than relying solely on annual new vehicle sales.
ChargePoint estimates that since 2007, charging activity across its network has displaced approximately 714 million gallons of gasoline and avoided more than 4.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. The company currently provides access to more than 900,000 roaming ports in addition to approximately 375,000 public and private ports it directly manages.
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