China significantly expanded its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in 2024, data from the country's Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance (EVCIPA) show.
- China added 4.222mn EV charging points in 2024, a 25pc increase from a year earlier. This indicates one charging point for every 2.7 EV units on average.
- The newly added charging points include 830,000 public charging points and 3.368mn private charging points, marking a decline of 8.1pc and a rise of 37pc respectively from the number of charging points added in 2023. Newly added charging points stood at 119,000 in December, up by 31pc on the year.
- China's total number of charging points was 12.82mn as of the end of December 2024, up by 49pc from a year earlier, EVCIPA data show.
- China will add 3.62mn of charging points equipped forprivate vehicles in 2025, with the total number of charging devices rising to 11.582mn, according to EVCIPA. The country will add 73,000 public charging stations and 1.038mn public charging devices in 2025.
- The country's growing EV charging infrastructure is expected to boost the purchasing of new energy vehicles (NEVs). A lack of charging infrastructure, especially in smaller cities and rural areas, is one of the main reasons restricting NEV adoption.
- Most charging infrastructure is concentrated in more developed provinces and cities such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Beijing, accounting for 69pc of the country's total infrastructure in 2024.
- China's NEV market penetration rose to 40.9pc of the country's total auto sales in 2024, up from 31.6pc in 2023 and 26pc in 2022. Penetration will reach 50pc in 2025, some market participants said.