About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving economics of electric vehicle charging networks as adoption increases.

What does it take to build an electric-vehicle charging network that really works? As EV adoption accelerates, charging operators are shifting from installing as many chargers as possible to designing networks that can reliably attract drivers, manage grid constraints and generate sustainable returns. At the same time, retail partnerships, on-site batteries, battery swapping and dedicated charging for commercial fleets are reshaping the economics of the sector. On today’s show, Tom Rowlands-Rees is joined by Madeleine Brolly and Ash Wang, two of BloombergNEF’s EV charging analysts, to review findings from their note “Public Charging Utilization 2026: Demand Keeps Rising” and discuss how EV charging must evolve as clean cars become an ever greater part of the global energy system. Complementary BNEF research on the trends driving the transition to a lower-carbon economy can be found at BNEF<GO> on the Bloomberg Terminal or on bnef.com Links to research notes from this episode: Public Charging Utilization 2026: Demand Keeps Rising - https://www.bnef.com/insights/39379 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Rowlands-Rees

Guests: Madeleine Brolly, Ash Wang

Topics covered

• EV charging networks
• electric vehicles
• sustainable returns
• grid management
• clean energy transition

Keywords

• EV charging
• electric vehicles
• charging networks
• sustainable energy
• BloombergNEF

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BloombergNEF, Bloomberg

Books & works: Public Charging Utilization 2026: Demand Keeps Rising

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