Utilisation

How intensively a charger is used, for example in sessions or energy per day.

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EV charging fundamentals · Stop 07Who owns the charger?The contracts behind one charging site: who invests, operates, supplies hardware and software, connects the grid, and why utilisation matters most.

The fixed costs of a site run whether cars come or not. Below a certain utilisation a fast-charging site loses money, above it every additional session improves the result. Location, roaming reach and availability all feed into this figure, which is why every earlier stop of this path ends up here.

From “Why utilisation matters most”, stop 07

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  1. Charging infrastructure · Stop 08How does a site recover its cost?Fixed costs, variable revenue
  2. Charging infrastructure · Stop 09One hub, fully understoodThe year in eight moments
  3. Charging infrastructure · Deep diveThe grid connection offer, line by lineWhere the numbers come from
  4. Business models · Stop 05How do hardware and software providers earn?Recurring rather than one-off
  5. Business models · Stop 07Why does utilisation decide the business case?Fixed costs, spread thin or thick
  6. Business models · Stop 08One charger's year, fully understoodThe day in seven moments
  1. RoamingCharging in another company's network with your own card or app.
  2. DSODistribution system operator: runs the local power grid and connects charging sites to it.