The tipping point for e-mobility is here
When the story of the modern electric vehicle (EV) is written, the era we’re currently living in will still be part of the prologue. When ChargePoint started back in 2007, there wasn’t even a single mass-market battery electric vehicle (BEV) on the road. That wouldn’t happen until 2010, when Nissan sold a total of 50 LEAFs worldwide. That was the same year I interviewed for the CEO role and realized the company’s founders were onto something. Shortly thereafter, in early 2011, I accepted the job. It was the best career decision of my life by far.
Fast forward ten years. In 2021, there were more than 200 EV models on roadways across Europe and North America (NA) alone. Today, every major traditional automaker, along with several notable born-electric rivals, are reshaping mobility forever. That increased availability, combined with zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates and fossil fuel bans targeting climate change across the globe, signals the tipping point for the mass-adoption of EVs within the decade.
And ChargePoint? From our humble beginnings, we’ve grown to become the first publicly traded electric vehicle fueling network operating across two continents and the only company, regardless of size, that is involved in all segments of EV charging in North America and Europe. In the same way many other connected technologies have transformed our lives, ChargePoint is democratizing mobility by providing our commercial customers with a platform that allows them to participate in the electric vehicle revolution. And remember, we’re still just getting started.
More than a decade after that fateful day of my interview — when I literally had to rotate my calculator into landscape mode to view the entire addressable market — I am more passionate, more optimistic, and more convinced about the future of electric mobility than ever. After reading the pages that follow, I think you will be too.
Charge on, Pasquale Romano CEO, ChargePoint
