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Scaling an EV charging network? This is where it gets hard | Podcast #55 Highlight

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September 28, 2026 charge point podcast, charging network growth, ev charging

What works for 10 EV chargers doesn't always work for 200. So what changes when you scale a charging network? What works for one charging site doesn't always work for a whole network.

In this highlight from Episode 55 of the ChargePoint Podcast, Marvin Bechtel from ORLEN answers a question every growing charge point operator faces: what becomes difficult when you move from deploying individual charging sites to scaling a large charging network?

As a network grows, the challenges don't just multiply. They change. Marvin Bechtel explains what starts to break at scale, and what CPOs need to have in place early so the network can support future growth.

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What becomes difficult when you move from deploying individual charging sites to scaling a large charging network? Generally, the challenges evolve as the business grows. So it is quite easy to operate, I don't know, 10 to 15 charging points. But if you are ramping up to a couple hundred charging points, then each individual solution becomes an issue over time. Because if you are using load management and you will have one load management per location, then at the end you need to operate 20, 50, 30 different solutions. So that's definitely key to focus on standardized solution, to have your processes all set so you can scale based on a foundation, which can support your future growth.