2017
The company claimed that a total of 20 stations would open to the public, located on major roads in multiple European countries through partnerships with Tank & Rast, Circle K and OMV.[1] By the end of 2017, no stations were open to the public.
Ionity bid for Europ-e[24][25] funding from the European Union and was awarded £39.1m to help develop its network, across 13 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK.
2018
First Ionity charging station was opened on 24 April 2018 at Brohltal-Ost on the A61 motorway in Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate.[26]
By August 2018, 7 stations were open: 1 in Germany, 1 in Austria, 2 in France, 2 in Switzerland, and 1 in Denmark, with 4-6 chargers on each. 4 more stations are marked as coming soon.[27]
By October 2018, 10 stations with 4-6 CCS charger plugs were open, 20 stations are marked as "now building". Charging cost for the rest of 2018 was established as 8 (€8, or £8, or 8CHF depending on country) per charging session (no power or time restrictions). In Scandinavia the session fee will be 80 NOK / SEK / DKK. The European Union countries currently remaining without published plans for Ionity chargers include: Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK.[28]
By the end of 2018, 47 stations on map are marked open and 45 as now building.[29]
2019
The 100th charging station was open to public in Rygge, Norway on 27 May 2019.[30] On 20 December 2019 200th charging station was completed.[31]
2020
In 2017, Ionity planned to have "implemented and operate about 400 fast charging stations across European major thoroughfares in 2020".[1]
In January 2020, Ionity announced that customers with no contract would be charged 0.79 euros per kWh.[32] The network was criticized for the 500% rate increase for those drivers without a subscription plan.[33] German automakers shared discounted rates for Connected Mobility Service Providers network participants.[34] For example, Mercedes-Benz announced a reduced Ionity charging price of 0.29 euros per charged kilowatt hour for Mercedes' me Charge users.[35]
2021
Operating 336 charging stations with just over 1000 stalls at the end of Q1 2021, the network competes with Tesla supercharger's network with 6000 stalls and 600 stations in Europe at the same time. In August 2021, Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess, one of the main partners through Porsche, criticizes Ionity Charging Experience on LinkedIn, pointing that the service is simply not good enough with lack of stations, stalls, toilets, and refreshments, and with charging points out of service. "simply not premium".[36]
At the end of 2021 the network operated 401 charging stations with 1690 charging points.
2022
At the end of 2022 the network operated 453 charging stations with 2068 charging points.
2023
At the end of 2023 the network operated 594 charging stations with 3306 charging points.
2024
The network operated 684 charging stations with 4359 charging points in 24 European countries by October 2024.[37]
The goal is to have 1000 charging stations with 9000 charging points by 2027.[37]
May 13th Jeroen van Tilburg has taken over the role as CEO. He replaced Michael Hajesch pursuing other ventures outside the company.[38]
IONITY has been awarded as the most efficient HPC network in the elvah Comprehensive Charging Market Report for Germany, I.2024 with charging stations located every 120 kilometers across Europe.[39]
The charging provider is recognized by Auto Bild and eMobility Excellence as the CPO with the highest charging point quality.[40]
2025
The company will install the first HYC1000 Megawatt chargers in the second half of 2025. The goal is a comprehensive network allowing for 600 kW charging.[42]
The company has secured an additional loan of 600 million Euro for that.[43]
