Going global in Europe, Ruishu Intelligent’s high‑power liquid‑cooled super‑fast charging stations are now making their way around the world.

In recent years, as public awareness of environmental protection has grown and the national “dual carbon” policy has been implemented, domestic consumers’ acceptance of new‑energy vehicles has risen sharply. However, as the range of electric vehicles continues to increase, demand for charging has become ever stronger; with conventional fast chargers still taking more than an hour to recharge a vehicle, developing higher‑power fast‑charging technology has emerged as the industry’s widely recognized path forward. As charging‑station power levels keep climbing, the vision of “charge and go” is no longer confined to science fiction.

“Before heading home, I did thorough research, mapping out every charging station along the route and noting the estimated range for each leg of the journey. Even so, I still arrived more than eight hours later than planned.” This is the firsthand account of a driver who took an electric vehicle home for the 2023 Spring Festival. With charging stations becoming increasingly widespread, fulfilling the long‑cherished aspiration of “charge for one minute, drive a hundred kilometers” has become a pressing challenge that the charging‑infrastructure market must address.

Guangzhou Ruishu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a well‑known, specialized manufacturer in the charging‑equipment industry, has consistently been at the forefront of R&D and application of charging‑equipment technologies. The company independently develops cutting‑edge controllers and an intelligent IoT cloud platform, offering comprehensive station‑construction solutions and highly efficient operation‑and‑maintenance services to charging‑infrastructure operators. It provides end‑to‑end support, ranging from the production and after‑sales service of charging piles to technical assistance and training, as well as preliminary site surveys, planning, mapping, construction guidance, and tailored solution design.

At present, in the global market for new-energy vehicle sales, China remains the leader, with Europe closely trailing behind. In 2021, despite a 1.9% year-on-year decline in total car sales across Europe, new-energy vehicle sales surged by 66.4%, exceeding 2.27 million units. Thanks to carbon‑emission policies and phase‑out timelines, Europe’s major automakers are actively building electric‑vehicle brands. According to the plan, by 2035, 100% of new car sales in Europe will be fully electric, achieving zero emissions across the board.

2021 In Europe, one in every 11 new cars sold last year was a pure electric vehicle, a 63% increase compared with 2020. However, the continent currently has only 374,000 public charging points, two-thirds of which are concentrated in just five countries—Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Moreover, some European nations still fall short of providing even one charging point per 100 kilometers. This lack of infrastructure is likely to constrain the adoption of electric vehicles and pose significant barriers to their wider deployment.

According to a joint report by Ernst & Young and the European Electricity Industry Alliance, Europe will need to install 65 million charging points by 2035 to meet the charging demands of 130 million electric vehicles. Serge Colle, Global Head of Energy and Resources at Ernst & Young, stated: “Before 2030, we will need to add roughly 500,000 new charging points each year, and between 2030 and 2035, that annual increase will have to double to about one million.” Ernst & Young estimates that expanding the public charging network will require approximately $62 billion, while an additional $72 billion will be needed to install the remaining 56 million residential charging points.

For Europe, the next decade will see a massive shortfall in charging infrastructure. Just as new‑energy vehicles have recently been busy expanding into the European market, the European EV‑charging‑station sector is also entering a critical period of opportunity for Chinese companies. Reportedly, Guangzhou Ruisu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a global leader in IoT‑based charging solutions, has successfully developed a European‑standard, third‑generation liquid‑cooled supercharger customized for its European customers and is poised to launch it soon.

Mr. Zhou, Director of the Marketing Department at Ruisu Intelligent, stated that with the completion of the development of both the national‑standard and European‑standard third‑generation liquid‑cooled supercharging piles, Ruisu Intelligent Technology has established a comprehensive product portfolio spanning from 7 kW AC chargers to 120–350 kW integrated DC chargers, and further to 900 kW split‑type liquid‑cooled superchargers—compliant with both European and U.S. standards. The company is fully prepared to capitalize on the explosive growth of the overseas charging‑equipment market, paving the way for Chinese charging‑station manufacturers as they expand globally.

According to reports, Ruishu Intelligent Technology launched its first-generation liquid-cooled ultra‑fast charging equipment as early as 2019 and independently developed the liquid‑cooling system. By the end of December 2021, its high‑power liquid‑cooled supercharging stations had already advanced to the third generation.

First generation: rated output power of 450 kW, maximum output current of 600 A;

Second generation: rated output power of 480 kW, with a maximum output current of 600 A/800 A, as shown in the figure below.

Third generation: rated output power of 900 kW, with a maximum output current of 900 A;

Notably, during an on-site visit to Ruisu Company, our reporter observed that several prominent domestic pile manufacturers and charging station operators are all using Ruisu’s OEM services to produce its new-generation liquid-cooled supercharging piles.

The image above shows the application scenario of a 480 kW ultra-fast charging product manufactured by Ruisu for a well-known domestic customer.

According to reports from foreign media, IONITY, a leading European charging operator, teamed up with major automakers BMW, Daimler, Ford, and Volkswagen in November 2021 to establish a joint venture aimed at developing and deploying a high‑power charging network. The initiative plans to install 350 kW public charging stations along major highways across 13 EU countries, providing comprehensive support for electric vehicles throughout Europe. It is foreseeable that 350 kW—and even higher‑power—charging stations will play an increasingly pivotal role in the development of Europe’s public charging infrastructure. Meanwhile, Ruisu Intelligent’s third‑generation 900 kW liquid‑cooled supercharger has successfully entered the European market, bolstering Chinese charging‑equipment manufacturers’ confidence and offering a reliable foundation for future exports to Europe and for expanding into the ultra‑high‑power charging segment.

As the market penetration and share of new‑energy electric vehicles continue to rise, vehicle‑level technologies—particularly battery technology—are advancing rapidly. New models now boast significantly improved performance metrics, such as greater battery capacity and higher charging rates, while also placing increasingly stringent demands on the supporting charging‑station infrastructure. To keep pace with these technological developments, charging‑station equipment is evolving at an astonishing rate, with its pace of innovation and iteration often outstripping that of the EVs themselves. Among these advances, liquid‑cooled ultra‑fast charging technology has garnered strong industry support and is emerging as a key trend in the next generation of DC fast‑charging systems.

Meanwhile, in the face of mounting domestic market competition, proactively expanding overseas demand remains a crucial strategic choice. We have every reason to believe that, led by technological innovation and aligned with the global automotive industry’s sweeping trends toward electrification and intelligentization, Chinese charging‑station manufacturers—represented by Ruisu Intelligent—will undoubtedly write a new chapter of brilliance in this latest wave of global competition.