By Pedro Silva, CEO, i-charging
When we started i-charging in 2019, the conversations in our industry centred on fundamentals: How should infrastructure be dimensioned? What are the cost implications of wrong dimensioning? Which vehicle types would emerge? For example, will heavy duty goods vehicle be electrified? How will charging power evolve?
Seven years later, those questions haven’t disappeared, they’ve become even more central. And after years of working with our customers worldwide, we’ve learned something important about how to answer them.
The infrastructure that creates the most value is the infrastructure that can adapt.
What we were thinking about in 2019
In 2019, the electric mobility market was at an interesting inflection point. The technology had proven itself. Adoption was accelerating. But infrastructure planning remained uncertain.
Operators were asking fundamental questions: how much power will vehicles need in three years? Five years? What charging power would be needed to support this evolution? To optimise charging infrastructure, how many vehicles could charge simultaneously at a given location?
These questions had real implications. Over-dimension your infrastructure and you tie up resources that could be deployed elsewhere and risk losing profitability. Under-dimension it and you constrain your ability to serve customers as the market grows.
We saw an opportunity to approach this differently.
Rather than trying to predict the future perfectly, we asked: what if infrastructure could scale with actual demand? What if available power could be distributed intelligently across however many vehicles were charging at any given moment?
That thinking shaped our first product design decisions.
The blueberry family: learning from modular architecture
When we launched the blueberry family in 2021, we built it around modular power architecture and dynamic power allocation, which we patented and became central to everything we do.
The modular approach meant costumers could start with one configuration and expand capacity as their business grew. They didn’t need to commit all their capital upfront based on projections. They could deploy infrastructure that matched their current needs and add more as those needs evolved. Even more important, it meant that it was possible to build a charger with any power, flexible number of outputs, with any charging standard to adapt to different markets, in any combination, using always the same elements. Our chargers are modular not because they use power modules for power conversion, but all elements of hardware and software are the same in all models
Dynamic power allocation meant that whatever capacity was installed could be distributed intelligently across multiple vehicles. If two vehicles were charging, the system allocated power accordingly. If four vehicles were charging, the system adapted automatically. No wasted capacity.
This wasn’t just a technical feature. It was a response to the dimensioning question customers were grappling with: how do you build for uncertain demand?
The answer: you build systems that adapt to actual and future demand.
Expanding to heavy-duty: the i-light journey
By 2024, we’d learned enough from deploying the blueberry family to tackle heavy-duty charging. We launched i-light with the capability to deliver up to 1.5 MW of power and serve up to six heavy-duty vehicles simultaneously.
The same principles applied, but at megawatt scale. Modular power architecture. Intelligent distribution. The ability to configure for different operational contexts, depot charging for overnight operations or megawatt charging for opportunity charging during routes.
What we heard from operators reinforced what we’d learned with blueberry: flexibility creates more value than fixed optimisation for a single scenario.
A heavy-duty fleet operator doesn’t just have one vehicle type with one charging pattern. They have regional trucks with different duty cycles than long-haul trucks. They have different power requirements depending on whether vehicles are charging overnight at a depot or during breaks on route. Their fleet composition evolves as they add new vehicle types or adjust their operational model.
Infrastructure that can adapt to these variations serves those operators better than infrastructure optimised for one specific use case, even if that optimisation delivers maximum performance for that single scenario.
What megawatt-scale charging requires
As we move into megawatt-class charging infrastructure, several trends are shaping how customers think about their deployments.
Fleet compositions are diversifying. Customers are increasingly running mixed fleets, combining light commercial vehicles, to medium and heavy-duty vehicles. Each vehicle type has different power requirements and charging patterns. Infrastructure that can serve this diversity opens more opportunities.
Standards are evolving. The industry is transitioning toward higher power capabilities. We designed i-light with MCS capability, anticipating that standard before vehicles were on the road. When MCS trucks enter the market—expected after 2026—the charging solution will already exist. Customers who build with this solution in mind won’t need to replace infrastructure as their fleets transition.
Growth patterns vary. Electrification is accelerating, but at different rates across different segments. Infrastructure that can scale with actual growth, rather than requiring full capacity deployment from day one, aligns capital deployment with business development.
Utilisation matters at scale. Megawatt-class power represents significant investment. Distributing that power intelligently across whatever vehicles are charging at any given moment maximises the value of infrastructure already deployed. Idle capacity is underutilised capital.
These are operational realities that shape how infrastructure creates value.
The design philosophy behind our approach
Every product we’ve developed has been built around the same core principle: infrastructure should enable business growth, not constrain it.
That principle leads to specific design decisions:
Modular scalability. Start with the capacity your operation needs today. Add more as your business grows. Deploy capital when it generates returns, not years in advance based on projections that may change.
Intelligent allocation. Distribute available power automatically based on real-time demand. Maximise utilisation of installed capacity without manual intervention or wasted resources.
Operational flexibility. Serve different contexts with different interfaces and different configurations. Public hubs need consumer-facing experiences. Fleet depots need management capabilities. Heavy-duty operations need industrial-grade interfaces. Infrastructure should adapt to context.
Standards readiness. Build for where the market is going, not just where it is today. When new standards emerge or vehicle capabilities evolve, infrastructure should be ready.
These decisions aren’t about predicting the future perfectly. They’re about building systems that can adapt as the future unfolds.
Recognition and validation
The market has validated this approach. Just to mention the most recent awards in 2025: Deloitte ranked i-charging the fastest-growing technology company in the entire EMEA region. Frost & Sullivan recognised our excellence in megawatt charging. ABI Research ranked us among global leaders in commercial EV charging infrastructure. Cotec honoured us with its Innovation Award.
But the most meaningful validation comes from customers who tell us this flexibility matters for their business. They appreciate infrastructure that adapts to their needs and grows with them.
That’s the validation that shapes what we build next.
Looking forward
The electric mobility market will continue to evolve. Vehicle capabilities will advance. Standards will mature. Operational models will develop. The infrastructure deployed in 2026 needs to serve operations for the next years.
Building for that reality requires a different approach than building for a stable, predictable market.
Next week, we’re sharing how we’re applying these principles to megawatt charging infrastructure whether it is designed for public charging hubs or private fleet charging sites, and whether for LDVs or HDVs or both.
If you’re planning infrastructure that needs to serve diverse and evolving operational needs, I think you’ll find it relevant.
Because we designed it around the same principle that’s guided us since 2019: your infrastructure should be designed for optimal power and grow with your operation.
More next week.
