Fig. 3: Growth in light-duty electric vehicle stock and public charging stations from 2019 to 2024.

a, Average annual growth rates between 2019 and 2024 of public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure (top numbers) and light-duty EV stock (bottom numbers) globally and in select countries¹. Generally, the number of EVs has grown faster over the past 5 years than the number of public charging stations, reflecting greater station utilization as charging networks and EV markets matured. These values refer to public charging only and do not include private chargers that represent most charging solutions today. b, Average annual growth rates (between 2019 and 2024) of fast (DC fast charging, DCFC) public EV-charging infrastructure (top numbers) and slow (level 2) public EV-charging infrastructure (bottom numbers) globally and in select countries¹. Over the past 5 years, public fast charging networks have generally grown faster compared with public slow charging networks. The values presented refer to public charging infrastructure only, and do not include private charging infrastructure that represents most charging solutions today. Data included in Supplementary Table 2.