Kempower has released a white paper analyzing real-world data from ChargEye-connected public electric vehicle (EV) charging sites across North America.
The analysis found that the number of available charging plugs had about three times more influence on site utilization than total installed charging power.
Kempower also reported that sites using distributed charging averaged 83% higher utilization than fixed-power dispenser deployments across the North American sites included in the analysis.
In a distributed charging architecture, available power is dynamically shared between multiple charging points according to real-time vehicle demand. This allows more vehicles to connect while the system allocates power where it is needed.
The findings suggest that public charging-site design depends on more than maximum charger output. Increasing the number of available connectors and distributing power dynamically can improve how effectively installed charging capacity is used.
Kempower’s ChargEye platform provides cloud-based monitoring and control for charging infrastructure and was used as the data source for the analysis.
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