Japan-based CHAdeMO has installed about 1133 quick-chargers for electric vehicles (EV) in 2012 across the globe, bringing the total number of chargers equipped to over 2000 units in the past two years.
Introduced in 2009, the quick-chargers are claimed by the company to recharge the EV batteries in minutes rather than hours.
CHAdeMO president Toshiyuki Shiga said that one year ago there were around 1,000 quick-chargers in the world, but most of those were in Japan.
"Today, we have more than 2,000 CHAdeMO quick-chargers in place in Europe and the US as well as Japan."
"And plans are in place to more than double this figure again, above 4,000, by the end of 2013," Shiga added.
The CHAdeMO compatible EV models include the Nissan LEAF, Peugeot Partner Electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Citron C-Zero, and Toyota EQ.
The CHAdeMO association was founded in 2010 and manufactures the quick-charger that generates and supplies 50kW of high voltage direct current (DC) through a safety approved connector with specification that can go up to 100kW.
