Welcome to the first issue of The Zoniq Brief, a regular digest of insights, case studies, and perspectives from the teams designing, financing, and operating EV charging networks.
As the market matures, success is shifting from rapid deployment to resilient decision-making. This edition explores exactly that. Enjoy.
Featured perspective: Why a “prime” partnership is not a strategy
A recognizable site partner can open doors, but it doesn’t replace network strategy.
In this piece, we explore why durable growth depends less on landmark partnerships and more on portfolio logic, utilization thinking, and defensible expansion decisions.
Through this case study, you’ll see what outcomes our methodology can unlock in practice.
From the field: Recent case study
Validating Forecasts for Major Lenders
How Eranovum used independent modeling to strengthen financial confidence.
Beyond supporting financial confidence for rollout, the work also uncovered significant upside: identifying capacity additions that could unlock an extra 1,100 kWh per day across five high-potential sites, while reducing unnecessary hardware at nine locations, saving hundreds of thousands in CAPEX with only minimal impact on utilization.
Systems thinking
Moving from Dots on a Map to Systemic Resilience
Why the next generation of charging networks will be won by system design, not just site acquisition. Welcome on board, Equans!
Workshop spotlight: Turning strategy into repeatable decisions
Our strategy workshops help infrastructure teams tackle questions such as:
• Where should we expand next?
• How do we stress-test investment assumptions?
• How do we move from expert intuition to scalable decision logic?
If your team is working through expansion planning, tenders, or portfolio optimization, let’s talk.
What we’re building
We’ve continued to evolve Zoniq to make EV infrastructure decisions more precise, scalable, and aligned with how teams actually work. Check the update by our PM Matúš:
Current demand, not historical assumptions
Clients will soon work with up-to-date 2024 traffic data reflecting post-Covid mobility patterns, ensuring decisions are based on today’s demand reality.
Cleaner inputs, fewer errors
A redesigned location workflow makes it easier to place and adjust sites directly on the map, reducing small input mistakes that can lead to costly misallocation.
Built around real decision processes
Evaluations can now be grouped and merged to reflect how teams operate internally, from investment committees to opportunity pipelines.
Faster handling of large portfolios
New navigation and shortcut tools make it easier to manage high-volume location lists, especially in tenders and rollout planning.
More flexible traffic modelling
The platform still defaults to a three-minute isochrone, but users can now switch to five minutes in edge cases where additional mobility flows matter.
Towards more granular control
We’re already using advanced traffic refinement internally and are preparing it for broader self-serve use enabling more precise, user-driven modelling over time.
On the road 🛣️
This month Jakub, our Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, will be attending the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Dubrovnik. In the next issue, he’ll share field notes and observations from the conversations shaping infrastructure investment across the region. Stay tuned.
Meet us in Milan, Italy 🍝
In the end of May we’ll be attending MAPIC Italy in Milan. Catch us on May 27th and 28th to discuss:
- How to improve bankability through designing defensible decision processes?
- How to reduce queue times at your stations by estimating blocking probability?
- How to unlock CAPEX by optimizing your portfolio?
In upcoming editions of The Zoniq Brief, expect more on:
- Product developments
- Client case studies
- Market signals and commentary
- Practical thinking for EV charging infrastructure investors and operators
See you in the next issue or feel free to schedule a time that works for you.
