Kempower: More Plugs Tied to Higher EV Site Use
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- Kempower found a 0.63 correlation between plug count and site utilization, versus 0.228 between installed charging power and utilization.
- Eight-plug sites delivered 128,342 kWh, more than twice the 61,453 kWh delivered by sites with four plugs.
- Kempower’s distributed charging setup shifts available power in 25 kW increments according to each vehicle’s real-time demand, with vehicles able to receive up to 320 kW.
- Public sites using distributed charging averaged 83% higher utilization than sites with fixed-power dispensers.
- Kempower’s analysis identified roughly 100 kW of available power per plug as the sweet spot when every connector is occupied.
- Kempower’s white paper omits the number of sites, observation period, utilization calculation and controls for factors such as location, traffic, pricing and reliability.
Why it matters: Charging operators are the main beneficiaries: sites using distributed charging averaged 83% higher utilization, while Kempower’s roughly 100 kW-per-plug benchmark can support occupied connectors without requiring grid capacity for every plug’s maximum rate.
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