China Charging Alliance: The increase in charging infrastructure in January was 395,000 units, with a charger-to-vehicle ratio of 1:2

According to the Zhitong Finance APP, the China Charging Alliance released the operational status of national electric vehicle charging and swapping infrastructure for January 2025. In January 2025, the increase in charging infrastructure was 395,000 units, with domestic sales of new energy vehicles reaching 793,000 units, continuing the rapid growth of both charging infrastructure and new energy vehicles. The ratio of charging piles to vehicles was 1:2, indicating that the construction of charging infrastructure can basically meet the rapid development of new energy vehicles.

Operational status of public charging infrastructure: In January 2025, the number of public charging piles increased by 181,000 compared to December 2024, representing a year-on-year growth of 35.1%. As of January 2025, member units of the alliance reported a total of 3.76 million public charging piles, including 1.714 million DC charging piles and 2.046 million AC charging piles. From February 2024 to January 2025, the average monthly increase in public charging piles was approximately 81,000 units.

Operational status of public charging infrastructure by province, region, and city: The top 10 regions constructing public charging piles are Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, and Beijing, accounting for 67.9% of the total. The national charging electricity is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces, with the electricity flow primarily directed towards buses and passenger vehicles, while other types of vehicles such as sanitation logistics vehicles and taxis account for a smaller proportion. In January 2025, the total national charging electricity was approximately 6 billion kWh, an increase of 90 million kWh compared to the previous month, representing a year-on-year growth of 42.1% and a month-on-month increase of 1.5%.

Operational status of charging infrastructure operators: As of January 2025, the top 15 charging operators in terms of the number of charging piles operated nationwide are: TELD (特来电) with 730,000 units, Star Charge (星星充电) with 642,000 units, Yunkuaicharge (云快充) with 598,000 units, Xiaojucharge (小桔充电) with 226,000 units, Weijingyun (蔚景云) with 207,000 units, State Grid (国家电网) with 196,000 units, Luchong (驴充充) with 108,000 units, Southern Power Grid (南方电网) with 90,000 units, Huichong (汇充电) with 90,000 units, Shenzhen Car Electric Network (深圳车电网) with 89,000 units, Yiwei Energy (依威能源) with 78,000 units, Wancheng Wanchong (万城万充) with 54,000 units, Weilan Fast Charge (蔚蓝快充) with 52,000 units, Kunlun Network Electric (昆仑网电) with 48,000 units, and Junyue Charge (均悦充) with 45,000 units. These 15 operators account for 86.6% of the total, while the remaining operators account for 13.4%.

Overall operational status of charging infrastructure: In January 2025, the increase in charging infrastructure was 395,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 49.5%. Among them, the increase in public charging piles was 181,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 222.5%, while the increase in privately built charging piles accompanying vehicles was 214,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%. As of January 2025, the cumulative number of charging infrastructure nationwide was 13.213 million units, a year-on-year increase of 49.1%