IONITY chargers lead Germany's fast charging

IONITY chargers averaged 894 sessions per DC charge point in Germany during Q3 2026, according to ChargePointRadar.

IONITY outperforms Tesla and others

IONITY led with 894.1 sessions per DC charge point, ahead of Tesla's 659.5, Fastned's 526.5, and EnBW's 513.0.

IONITY's Köschinger Forst site tops utilization

IONITY's Köschinger Forst site on the A9 between Munich and Nuremberg recorded 1,952 sessions per charge point in Q3.

IONITY CEO explains utilization focus

IONITY CEO Jeroen van Tilburg stated that utilization matters more than plug counts for charging networks.

“Every fast charger comes with a grid connection, a permit and years of operating costs, and those costs are the same whether 21 cars stop there each day or only 2. That's why I don't measure the success of a charging network by number of plugs alone. What counts is having the right chargers in the right place: on the routes people actually drive, at the stops they would make anyway, with enough power for the cars that arrive next.”

ChargePointRadar's Q3 session data

ChargePointRadar tracked 24.5 million sessions in Germany during Q3, with DC charge points accounting for 70.9% of sessions.

IONITY's funding and expansion plans

IONITY secured up to €600 million in financing to expand its ultra-fast charging network across Europe.