EV infrastructure is delivering more energy per session, reaching higher charging power, and taking less time to do so, according to analysis of EV charging data by Kempower.
The study reveals that the public charging ecosystem is maturing across Europe, with the ChargEye data collected between 2022 and 2025 across 11 European countries.
Key findings include peak power delivered is up 32%, energy delivered per charging session is up 12%, and charging sessions are 3% faster. In addition, average charging sessions take approximately 35 minutes.
It added that in all markets, a clear gap exists between peak power and average power delivered, indicating opportunities for smarter power management.
Included in the dataset are insights from countries across Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
While Nordic countries remain Europe’s most mature charging markets with the highest peak powers and fastest charging times, the data highlights rapid progress elsewhere in the continent.
The UK recorded the highest average energy delivered per charging session (30 kW) among the countries analyzed, while southern European markets continued to narrow the gap with clear advancements being made in peak power growth and energy delivered.
However, across all 11 markets analyzed, average delivered charging power remained significantly below peak power demand – for example, in the UK, peak power was 79 kW while the average power delivered sat at 52.9 kW.
This gap points to opportunities to improve efficiency through smarter power distribution, for example by using distributed charging systems that dynamically balance power load across multiple individual chargers.
Jussi Vanhanen, Chief Product Officer at Kempower, said:
“For years, the conversation around EV charging has focused on speed. The data suggests the industry is delivering this successfully but is perhaps entering a new phase.
“As charging networks mature and utilization grows, success will increasingly be measured by how many vehicles can be served efficiently, not simply by how much charging power can be installed.
“Giving more vehicles access to charging and dynamically distributing available power can help operators get more from their charging infrastructure.”
