Over 100 Million EV Charging Sessions Conducted On ChargePoint Chargers In Last Year
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Typically, when people talk about electric vehicles, the metrics they focus on are price, range, energy efficiency, charging speed, battery size, and so on.
For EV chargers, the focus may first be on charging speed, cost per charging session, and charger availability where one drives. However, there are also broader macro metrics that provide perspective on what is happening across large areas and the collective of EV drivers.
One of the more intriguing metrics is the number of EV charging sessions and this particular total is huge. “ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, today announced data insights from more than 100 million EV charging sessions the company enabled in the last year.”
It was just two weeks ago that I wrote an article about a great number of new fast chargers installed in the US, and a huge metric for the number of EV charging sessions was cited there as well. “In 2025, the U.S. fast-charging networks provided an estimated 141 million charging sessions, a record, up roughly 30% year over year, confirming that rising EV adoption translated directly into increased network usage rather than excess idle capacity.”
So, it should be obvious to anyone there’s a whole lot of EV charging going on. While new and used EV sales metrics matter, the total number of EVs and all their charging sessions means something too. ‘“ChargePoint believes we have entered the next phase of EV adoption. Nearly 60% of the 19.3 billion electric miles we’ve enabled in nearly 18 years took place over the most recent two years. New EV sales are no longer the primary benchmark for charger demand, it is the total number of EVs on the road. Those installing chargers in 2026 should see accelerated ROI because of this utilization pressure,” said Rick Wilmer, Chief Executive Officer at ChargePoint.
Another metric is the number of operating gas nozzles at fuel pumps at gas stations vs. the number of EV charging ports. Electric vehicles — that is, fully electric ones — are gradually replacing gas and diesel vehicles. Whether this fact is acknowledged or not by climate change deniers, fossil fuel companies, and those who deny how harmful fossil fuel pollution is to people is another matter. Transportation electrification has some obvious benefits, even though many of us may not be paying attention. “Since 2007, ChargePoint estimates it has helped avoid the use of 714 million gallons of gasoline. In the process, it estimates it has helped drivers avoid more than $2 billion in gasoline costs and more than 4.5 million metric tons of GHG emissions.”
It should be noted that the burning of fossil fuels also generates toxic air pollution causing or contributing to many human diseases such as cancer, COPD, asthma, and stroke. Fully electric vehicles don’t generate any direct toxic air pollution, so the air where they drive has less harmful pollutants within it.
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