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By the end of 2023, 100,000 electric charging stations had been installed in France, with a target of 500,000 by 2027.
The global market for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations is enjoying robust growth. valued at $19.67 billion in 2022, it is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.5% until 2030.
The charging station market is driven by the growing adoption of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, particularly in China, the USA and South Korea, with France ranking fifth worldwide.
By 2022, there will be 2.7 million public charging points worldwide, an increase of 55% on 2021. Europe, led by the Netherlands, France and Germany, has been actively developing its charging infrastructure in line with strong government incentives and EV sales.
EV adoption rates have risen considerably, with a 143.75% jump in sales in Europe between 2020 and 2022. France, in particular, has seen a substantial increase in EVs, from 62,000 units sold in 2019 to 340,000 in 2022, a shift supported by public policies encouraging electric mobility.
The EV recharging market is also affected by concerns about infrastructure reliability and service quality.
Regulations in France and the EU are continually evolving to support the growth of EVs and the associated charging infrastructure, with comprehensive schemes such as the Advenir program, which helps fund new installations.
The sector is facing difficulties in achieving profitability due to low margins and intense competition, pointing to market consolidation.
The French market is booming.
Between 2020 and 2022, the number of electric cars sold in France rose from around 60,000 to over 150,000. The market share of electric cars hovers around 20%.
By 2030, France will have installed between 300,000 and 400,000 public charging stations to meet the needs of the 8 to 9 million electric vehicles on the road.
88% of public charging stations installed have a power rating of less than 22 kW, which meets the need for slow charging. This creates a growth opportunity for fast and ultra-fast charging stations.
User satisfaction levels show the need to improve service. Although the overall satisfaction rate is over 80%.
Government initiatives are playing a key role in this booming market, with significant assistance provided by programs such as Advenir, designed to support the installation of 100,000 new charging stations by 2025.
Some industry players
- ABB: Swiss multinational with a strong presence in the charging station market.
- Siemens: a global giant in electrical engineering and electronics, has carved out a place for itself in the electric vehicle charging market.
- ChargePoint: a leading provider of complete charging network solutions.
- Tesla: famous for its luxury electric cars, also operates an exclusive network of Superchargers.
- Schneider Electric: industrial giant offers a wide range of EV recharging solutions.
- Engie: installs a vast network of charging stations in France
- Izivia, EDF subsidiary, installs charging stations
- ZEPlug, Powerdot, Ze-Watt, Driveco, Electric 55, Time2Plug, Easy Charge (Vinvi groupe), Logivolt are just some of the companies installing charging stations
- Ionity: a joint project by several carmakers to create a high-power recharging system for electric vehicles
- E-Totem: manufacturer of charging stations
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1 Market overview
1.1 Definition and scope of the study
A vehicle charging station is an infrastructure equipped with one or more charging points for recharging electric vehicles. It comprises the space needed to park a vehicle and other components, such as a charge management cabinet.
Worldwide, the market was valued at $19.67 billion in 2022, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.5% until 2030. The countries with the largest number of charging stations are China, the USA and South Korea, with France occupying 5ᵉ position in the global ranking. However, when we look at the density of the charging station network, we see that it is the Netherlands and Norway that are ahead of the other countries. In Europe, the number of charging stations is rising ste adily, thanks to strong public policy incentives and the prospect of electric car sales far outstripping those of conventional cars in the medium term.
In France, the number of charging points has been rising sharply, particularly since 2020. The vast majority of these charging points are privately owned, with the remainder held by businesses. Demand is being driven by the recent surge in the number of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which will account for 21% of the market by 2022. Territorial coverage of electric charging infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important issue for public authorities and automotive and energy companies.
The players' business model remains fragile, with profitability affected by increased competition. Players in the sector need to reach a significant critical mass to generate profits, as margins are still very low. If many players are positioning themselves in this promising market today, we can imagine that there will be a concentration phenomenon.
1.2 The global market
The global market for electric charging stations was estimated at $**.** billion in ****, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of **.*% to ****.
Projected development of the global market for electric charging stations World, **** - **** Source: ****
Currently, the majority of electric vehicle (***) charging needs are met by home chargers. However, to achieve ...
1.3 The European market in the process of structuring
The European Union's aim is to create a dense network of charging points for electric vehicles, comparable in convenience to those for gasoline-powered cars. A provisional agreement was reached on March **, **** to update EU rules on alternative fuel infrastructure. The agreement calls for the installation of fast charging stations (***) every ** km ...
1.4 A flourishing French market
In ****, the number of public charging points in France exceeded **,***, marking a significant ***% increase on ****. In the first five months of ****, more than **,*** new charging points were installed, meeting and exceeding the long-awaited target of ***,*** charging points[***].
The "***,*** charging points plan", launched by the government in ****, aimed to set up ***,*** public ...
2 Demand analysis
2.1 Terminal demand and its determinants
Demand for electric charging stations in France is growing rapidly. To meet demand from the *.* million electric vehicles expected to be on the roads of mainland France by ****, the number of public charging stations will need to rise to ***,*** by ****. This expansion will include both public and private charging infrastructures. It ...
2.2 Growth in the number of electric cars in France
Despite a slow start due to factors such as high cost, lack of recharging infrastructure and limited public understanding, the number of electric vehihicles registered in France rose sharply during ****, despite the pandemic, the economic crisis and the shortage of semiconductors[***]. As shown in the graph below, the number of electric ...
2.3 A network of charging stations that is expanding, but still unevenly distributed
Initially scheduled for completion by the end of ****, the French government's objective of deploying ***,*** electric charging stations across the country has been postponed to **** due to the economic climate. The government's aim is to enable drivers to recharge their vehicles to **% in ** minutes, encouraging new habits that are more respectful of ...
2.4 Service to be improved
Afirev (***) has been publishing quality results for the French public charging network every year since ****. We will use these results in this section to estimate user satisfaction.
level of use of public charging sites in **** France, **** - ****, in Source: ****
The graph above shows that utilization rates are falling across all charging ...
3 Market structure
3.1 Intervenants sur le marché des bornes de recharge
Le premier type d’acteur intervenant dans la chaîne de valeur des bornes de recharge électriques est le fabricant. Le marché des bornes de recharge fait également intervenir d'autres types d'acteurs. Le tableau suivant donne un aperçu des différentes catégories d’entreprises et de leur activité sur ...
3.2 Government assistance plans
Advenir program:
Created in ****, the Advenir program is steered by Avere-France and aims to install charging stations using the concept of energy certificates, and in particular to finance ***,*** new charging points by ****, with a budget of *** million euros.
The scheme offers a range of incentives for the installation of charging points. ...
3.3 Un paysage entrepreneurial français dynamique
Le segment de l’exploitation des bornes a vu apparaître un nombre important de startups avec un grand nombre de levées de fonds effectués par des entreprises proposant une grande variété de services. Le tableau suivant en donne un aperçu.
Zoom sur les fabricants de bornes ...
4 Offer analysis
4.1 Typology of terminals available in France
With regard to plugs for recharging electric and hybrid vehicles, the European Commission has designated the following two standards:
Type * for alternating current (***) charging at slow and accelerated charging stations; Combo CCS (***) charging at fast and ultra-fast charging stations.
The following chart shows the breakdown of charging stations open to the ...
4.2 Price overview
First of all, an electric vehicle can be recharged at an outdoor charging station using the following access methods:
access badge, which may be specific to a network of charging stations or managed by a third-party service (***) ; SMS or interactive voice server; credit card; application or QR code (***); directly from the ...
5 Regulations
5. Current regulations on charging stations
The French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Solidarity (***) includes the following provisions concerning charging stations:
The government has introduced a series of measures to promote the deployment of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. These measures focus on three main areas:
support for infrastructure installation, regulation, promotion of electric vehicles.
According to ...
6 Positioning the players
6. Segmentation
- Total Energies
- Schneider Electric
- Bouygues Energie et Service (Equans)
- Engie
- Ionity
- Legrand Groupe
- Nexans groupe
- Indigo Parking Group
- ZePlug
- Ziggy (Ford)
- Powerdot
- Wattpark
- ZE-Watt
- Grolleau
- E-Totem
- Izivia (EDF)
- Driveco
- Electric 55 Charging
- Enedis
- Rexel
- Mobilize (Renault Groupe)
- Ortec Group
- Swish
- Time2plug
- Easy Charge (Vinci)
- Logivolt
- SPIE
- Siemens
- DBT-CEV Groupe
- Tesla
- EDF
- Mob-Energy
- Freshmile
- Gireve
- QONEXIO PCE services
- Allego
- Greenspot Enersoft
List of charts presented in this market study
- Ranking of countries with the most charging stations for electric vehicles
- Global market forecast for electric charging stations
- European network of public charging stations
- Growth in the number of electric cars in Europe
- Trend in the number of charging stations in Europe
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Latest news
Rexel, the winning recipe for an electrical distributor - 09/06/2024
- second worldwide, behind another French group, the Sonepar group.
- While sales have long ranged between 13 and 14 billion euros, they will approach 20 billion euros in 2023.
Rexel aims to grow tenfold with the push for electrification - 09/06/2024
- - Rexel's revenues reached 19 billion euros in 2023.
- - Today, services account for "a few hundred million euros".
- - Rexel aims to double the proportion of its customers using its most advanced services by the end of its plan.
- - Electrification-related offerings, including sales of heat pumps and solar panels, account for 32% of sales
Energy transition boosts Rexel's results - 16/02/2024
- Rexel and Sonepar distribute electrical supplies to professionals, and together with Schneider and Legrand form France's "Fab Four" in the electrical sector.
- In 2023, Rexel increased its sales by 2.3% to 19.15 billion euros.
- The group achieves 50% of its business in France and North America, and generated 23% of its sales in electrification, a significant increase from 13% three years earlier.
- Online orders at Rexel account for almost 30% of sales.
- The company is pursuing an acquisition strategy focused on the electric transition.
- Rexel is moving forward with the support of Swedish activist fund Cevian, its largest shareholder for several years.
Schneider Electric has had the best year in its history - 16/02/2024
- Net profit: 4 billion euros.
- Sales: 36 billion euros.
- Revenue growth: 13%.
- Order book for 2024: over 19 billion euros.
- Market share in electrical infrastructure for data centers: 21% in 2023.
- Hiring planned as part of this R&D investment: 6,000 people.
- Sales in the United States: over €10 billion.
- Schneider market capitalization: over 100 billion euros.
European Commission approves Spie's takeover of Robur - 13/02/2024
- Robur, a German industrial services company, has been acquired by Spie, a French electrical and mechanical engineering specialist.
- Robur is based in Munich and employs 2,600 people.
- Robur is expected to generate sales of €380 million by 2023.
Nexans completes the acquisition of La Triveneta Cavi, Italy's iconic cable company - 11/02/2024
- Nexans is a global giant in the manufacture of electrical cables.
- Triveneta Cavi, an Italian company specializing in low-voltage cables, is about to be acquired by Nexans.
- This acquisition should bring Nexans more than 800 million euros in additional sales.
- The deal will add four new sites to Nexans, which already owns three. Triveneta Cavi is present in 30 countries and has 700 employees.
- Worldwide demand for fire safety cables is expected to grow by +13% between 2021 and 2030.
- French plants account for 27% of the drop in electricity consumption in France.
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