Analyst Insight: Emerging EV Charging Business Models

This Analyst Insight centers on EV charging business models, which govern the way EV supply equipment (EVSE) services are deployed and offered to customers. EV charging business models are multifaceted arrangements influenced by several interrelated commercial, technological, and regulatory factors.

These business models can be conceptualized in many ways. Fundamentally, they are split between fee-based charging and charging offered as an amenity to customers. Considered from an asset-ownership perspective, variations in business models between charge point operators and EVSE host sites can be highlighted.

This report aims to first consolidate current knowledge around EV charging business models and then discuss some of the ways in which business models may develop in the future. The report draws upon the latest version of Guidehouse Insights’ EV Charging Technologies Forecast Database, interweaving the market data and categorizations from that report into this overview of the EV charging business model landscape.