“Charging is just becoming more and more fragmented in the U.S.,” Raynor said. Last year, nearly 60% of all new DC Fast chargers in the U.S. came from more than 40 different networks. “We went from three or four big players to people we’ve never heard of,” she said.
Both sides of the equation feel the pain of this fragmentation.
Fleets would benefit from connecting directly to charging networks’ software, but charging networks don’t want to support an API for dozens or hundreds of customers. On the flip side, fleets don’t want to have to integrate with a growing number of charging networks.