Charging Infra QonQ - Part 3

2503 vs 2412 - Power categories, national highways and Non working chargers

We compared the growth and decline of charging infrastructure across CPOs and states from December 2024 to March 2025. Premium subscribers also got a hold of how average power varied by CPOs and states across the two reports. We also evaluated how has the charger hosts changed over time, along with amenities around the charger and the average price by CPOs and states.

Keeping up with the times

Sources for the above image - ChargeZone’s Shreenath Food Hub charger in Oct 2024, TeslaClubIndia’s tweet for TataEV ChargeZone image.

Today, we will look at how the number of chargers have varied across power categories, chargers on expressways and non working chargers.

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Note on Terminology and Data

In this article, we use "2412" to refer to data from December 2024 and "2503" for data up to March 2025. Our analysis compares these two snapshots of EV charging infrastructure, focusing on the 41 Charge Point Operators (CPOs) common to both periods. Note that the 2503 snapshot includes 49 CPOs, while 2412 includes 41. To ensure consistency, we analyze only the 41 CPOs present in both cycles. Some figures may differ from previously published reports due to this refined scope.

Introduction

This article is part of a three-part series analyzing quarter-by-quarter (2503 vs 2412) growth in EV charging infrastructure. We will cover charger counts, average power ratings, pricing trends, amenities near chargers, host types, coverage along national highways, and a special feature page across the three parts. For immediate access to the full analysis, purchase our standalone 2503 vs 2412 PowerBI report today. Annual premium subscriber benefit are additional licenses and a discounted price!

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Let’s dive in

Power Categories

CCS2

Figure 1 : Y axis hidden. CCS2 power rating comparison across two quarters

Few interesting trends from this chart stand out.

1. Among the low power category, 25kW CCS2 chargers more or less stayed on par with minor additions across the network.

2. The number of 30kW CCS2 chargers reduced in 2503, indicating removal by CPOs, likely to be replaced with higher category of chargers.

3. 50kW CCS2 chargers also saw a minor decrease in their count.

4. 60kW CCS2 chargers saw ~30% increase in their installed base likely due to dropping costs of 60kW chargers and more cars being able to utilise the charger capacity.

5. We are seeing a similar new rise happening at 120kW and 240kW. Interesting times ahead.

6. Some CPOs provide 7kW CCS2 charging, which I was unaware of. Maybe it is wrongly marked on the app or maybe it is actually 7kW likely due to load constraints.

7. Certain CPOs like to mention the exact power they are capable of delivering. For example, a 52kW charger might actually be a 60kW charger with reduced load due to any number of reasons. Get access to EVHardwareBI if you are interested to deep dive further into the market.

Type2

Figure 2 : Y axis hidden. Type2 power rating comparison across two quarters

There isn’t any significant change in the Type2 market here. There is a minor rise in 14kW Type2 chargers, but that stands at a fraction of the most standard 7kW chargers. Some CPOs either offer 3.3kW Type2 chargers or have mislabelled them as Type2 chargers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Disclosures

[2023] - I had conducted a 3rd party audit of Glida's charging network and was paid for it.

[2023] - Charge Mod, EVOK, TataEV, Ador Digatron have paid for my travel to attend their events.

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