A white paper from the Finnish charger maker Kempower argues that adding connectors raises site utilisation far more than adding power, with eight-plug sites reaching almost 10% against 2% for two-plug sites. Every AFIR target is expressed in kilowatts or kilometres rather than in numbers of connectors.
A Finnish charger maker has published a white paper arguing that charging networks make more money by adding plugs than by adding power. Kempower’s data comes from its own analytics platform and from North American sites, InsideEVs reported.
The claim is that the number of connectors at a site correlates with utilisation more strongly than total installed power. “Installed power barely moves the needle,” the company said.
The figures behind it are modest in both directions. Utilisation rises from roughly 3% at 100kW sites to a little over 5% at 400kW sites.
Connector count moves it further. Going from two plugs to eight takes utilisation from about 2% to almost 10%, and eight-plug sites delivered 128,342 kWh on average against 61,453 kWh at four-plug sites.
