Are public AC charger deployments shrinking?. 📉  In Norway, public AC charging points were down 10% year-on-year in Q1 2026 and DC up 11%. Every other major European market grew its AC network… | Martin Moos⚡️ | 19 comments

Are public AC charger deployments shrinking?. 📉  In Norway, public AC charging points were down 10% year-on-year in Q1 2026 and DC up 11%. Every other major European market grew its AC network. Netherlands up 14%, Germany 20%, Belgium 28%, Denmark 21%.     Norway is the only one that went backwards on AC.  This matters because of where Norway sits.     It is the most mature EV market in the world. 94% of new car registrations in January were battery electric. Charging density is second only to Denmark. If any market is going to show what comes after the build-out phase, it is this one. And what it is showing is a shift in what public charging is for. In an early market, public AC fills a real gap. Drivers without home charging, daytime top-ups, low-cost coverage where traffic is thin. As the market matures, home and workplace charging absorb that slow demand. Public charging moves to the jobs AC was never built for. Speed, throughput, transit. Norway now runs almost equal numbers of AC and DC points. 15,717 to 14,391. No other large market is close to that balance. We believe this is a sign that the industry is still maturing. End-users are screaming for faster charging and CPOs are strugling to keep up.     However, we have a strong hunch that the focus on DC will fade again as the market truly matures.     Simply because the end-users will acknowledge that they need the right charging speed at the charging location, not just fast charging.     Curious to hear your thoughts on this? Source from ICCT European Car Market Monitor, Q1 2026.  Dinesan Rasiah Hrafn Leó Guðjónsson Jan Haugen Ihle Puya Neda Joe Rowley Ellinor Eriksson Fernando Velázquez Jiménez Brice Bourreau Dr. Brendan Koehler Philipp Maier Theo Reichgelt | 19 comments on LinkedIn