EV Charging Infrastructure Summit: North America - West

The U.S. EV charging infrastructure market continues to expand rapidly as electric vehicle adoption, fleet electrification and demand for more reliable public charging drive investment across the country. The U.S. market was valued at approximately $5.1 billion in 2024 and is projected to exceed $24 billion by 2030, representing annual growth of roughly 30%. At the same time, the nation’s public charging network has grown to nearly 260,000 charging ports, more than double the number available in 2020. As deployment accelerates, the industry must now focus on scaling infrastructure in ways that are reliable, cost-effective and better integrated with the electric grid.

Organized by the Smart Grid Observer, the 10th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit - North America: West, January 19-20, 2027 in Mountain View, California, will bring together utility, charging, automotive, fleet and technology leaders to examine the next phase of EV charging infrastructure deployment. The program will focus on how the industry can scale charging more quickly and reliably while improving coordination with the electric grid, supporting emerging use cases and strengthening the economics of deployment. Case studies and real-world implementation experience will highlight what is working today, where barriers remain and how stakeholders can accelerate progress across the market.

"The Summit was great -- informative and productive. The participants are deeply involved and fit the topic."

"Fantastic meeting of minds and knowledge-sharing. Hosts were fantastic"

"Great presentations and variety of topics covered - great mix of thought leaders"

Topics to be Covered Include:

• EV charging reliability, uptime and cybersecurity

• Utility planning for growing EV charging demand

• Grid capacity, interconnection and time-to-power

• Managed charging and grid-responsive load strategies

• Scaling public and commercial charging networks

• Fleet, depot and medium-/heavy-duty charging

• Energy storage and microgrids for charging infrastructure

• Utility programs, make-ready strategies and rate design

• Charging economics, utilization and business models

• Permitting, siting and deployment bottlenecks

• Standards, interoperability and regulatory developments

• V2G and bidirectional charging applications

• Automaker and charging-network perspectives

• Municipal and community charging initiatives

• Emerging technologies and next-generation charging architectures

• And more

Who attends?

• Network strategists and executives at investor-owned, municipal, and rural utilities

• Charging network operators

• Grid operations engineers and planners

• EV program managers and fleet managers

• Charger manufacturers

• Charging station infrastructure owners

• Consultants and system integrators

• Auto OEMs

• Technology innovators and equipment vendors

• Regulatory and standards professionals

• Urband and municipal transportation planners

• Researchers, analysts and academic professionals