ZD Energy sets Chonburi targets after its 100,000th EV charger

By Amara Osei

ZD Energy said its Chonburi plant delivered its 100,000th EV charger on November 6, as the Hong Kong-listed company launched new charging and energy-storage systems in Thailand. At the same Chonburi event, it introduced a megawatt-scale liquid-cooled charging system, residential solar-and-storage equipment, an artificial intelligence energy-management platform and autonomous charging robots.

How large is the Chonburi expansion?

ZD Energy plans to increase annual production capacity at its Chonburi factory to 200,000 alternating-current chargers and 1,000 direct-current chargers. It also aims to establish capacity for 10,000 residential solar and energy-storage systems a year. The company did not disclose the required investment, the plant’s current utilization rate or a timetable for completing the expansion.

The factory began operating in 2024 and is ZD Energy’s first outside China, according to the company’s official website. ZD Energy said it has sold 100,000 AC chargers in Thailand and claimed market shares above 80 percent in AC chargers and 20 percent in DC chargers.

What did ZD Energy launch?

ZD Energy’s residential system combines an inverter, a battery-management system and a storage battery. The inverter provides output of up to 12 kilowatts, while the storage supports as much as 20 kilowatt-hours. The package extends ZD Energy’s product mix beyond chargers into residential energy-storage equipment.

ZD Energy also announced a partnership with TSUNESS covering products for existing solar installations. The company said: “Thailand would be an early market for its cooperation with TSUNESS.”

For public charging sites, ZD Energy’s liquid-cooled stack targets high-power locations such as highways, industrial parks and fleet hubs. ZD Energy said the system distributes available power among vehicles and can combine solar generation and battery storage where grid capacity is constrained. The configuration gives high-power sites a way to supplement constrained grids with local generation and storage.

ZD Energy is also developing charging robots for home and public use. The company said its public charging robot is intended for applications including robotaxi fleets. Its artificial intelligence platform coordinates solar generation, storage dispatch and vehicle charging.

Together, the products extend ZD Energy beyond charger hardware into storage, software and robotics. The launch spans high-power public sites, homes and potential robotaxi-fleet applications.

Who will sell the new products?

ZD Energy signed agreements with eight sales and distribution partners at the November