ChargePoint Annual Report


One of the ChargePoint charging stations near my house

Report


Charging stations for electric vehicles (hereinafter referred to as EV) are now big business. ChargePoint - one of the leaders, among builders of points for charging, presented its regular annual report , which deals with the state of the EV market (both clean and plug-in hybrids) at the moment and forecasts for the near future.

The report contains visual illustrations, text and links. I chose the most interesting illustrations in my opinion and commented on them.

Forecast



It all starts with an optimistic forecast. Million EV will be sold by 2020. In 2030, every fourth car will be an electric car, and in 2040 - half.

Past




From the future back to the present. The rapid growth of sales of electric vehicles in the United States (the report focuses primarily on the US market) and about one million sessions per month at the charging stations ChargePoint. In my opinion, a million charges per month is a very impressive number, especially given the fact that the vast majority of EV owners charge them from home stations, and not from public ones.

My city




Network of charging stations from this provider on the map of my city. The number inside the circle indicates the number of outlets. For example, if it is 6, then when you zoom in on the map you can see that there are actually 4 stations not far from each other, each of which has 2 sockets. Green indicates the number of free outlets. Many of these stations are free. They are sponsored by organizations that want to attract more customers. For example, shopping centers.

Sales




The total number of EV sales in the United States. According to forecasts, one million EVs will be on US roads over the next two years and 8.5 million EVs across the globe in three years.

Costs




Comparison of the average cost of servicing the EV and the car on the engine. $ 15 vs $ 766 per year.

The lineup




The number of EV models in the US market. Let me remind you that the EV in the report is also connected hybrids.

Plans




A very interesting footnote according to the plans of the largest automakers for the near future. Around 2020, a significant expansion of the model range is expected, which can be very interesting for potential buyers.

2017




New for 2017 model in the US market. Here is also a decoding of what is BEV (pure electric car without an engine) and PHEV (plug-in hybrid).

Sales leaders




Bestsellers 2017 in the USA. Interestingly, about half the EV is pure electric cars, not plug-in hybrids. Those. if you want to get data on pure EV for 2017, then you need to divide the total number of electric cars sold this year into two. From pure EV on the roads of Vancouver and Seattle, I most often see Tesla Mode S / X, Nissan Leaf and BMW i3.

Memo




Useful for beginners memo, which explains the difference between the types of charging stations and the time required to charge a spherical EV in a vacuum for a run of 100 miles (160 km). The most advanced charging is DC Fast - for example, Tesla Supercharger (“Super” in its name is not casual).

Saving




The potential fuel savings when replacing a spherical car with an internal combustion engine with the same spherical EV will be $ 820 per year.

Ecology




Picture to attract greens. Do I relate to green? Definitely not. Do I want the air around me to be clean and not contain exhaust gases? Definitely yes.

Another card




Construction of charging stations ChargePoint. In addition to this provider in North America there are many others. In general, this card is somewhat reminiscent of the Tesla Supercharger network of cards was / has become.


Charging




43,000 commercial charges, which have been used 31 million times.

Gwh




ChargePoint now charges electric vehicles for 8 GWh monthly. Next year, the forecast is 12 GWh per month. Such capacity would allow sending in 1985 a few Americans every month.

Consumption




Another interesting and illustrative schedule. The Model S is usually charged a little more than Mode X, and the Bolt is smaller than both.

Forecasts




Another demonstration of the fact that EV will be overtaken by the sales of the internal combustion engine by 2040 and a pleasant to tears chart of the fall in the cost of batteries for EV.

Charging station




Charging station from the beginning of the article, this time with the consumer.

Total


It is difficult to add anything to what is already written. The numbers speak for themselves.

PS The data in the original publication are confirmed by references to sources.

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