Smart Grid Observer

The 9th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit, July 14–15 2026 in Chicago, will convene industry leaders to address grid resiliency, megawatt-class systems, and repair reliability.

Organizations in manufacturing, transportation, energy, water treatment, healthcare and other critical sectors face the increasingly present threat of cyber-attacks to their industrial control systems.

Tthe 7th V2G Business, Policy & Technology Forum convenes in Los Angeles, April 28-30, 2026. This neutral summit unites utilities, OEMs, and regulators to accelerate U.S vehicle-to-grid adoption.

The broader EV charging infrastructure market was worth approximately $5.2 billion in 2024, and is forecast to grow at a ~29% CAGR, reaching nearly $39 billion by 2032.

In 2024, the average cost of a data breach surpassed $4.8 million1 in the face of a 30% global increase in cyberattacks compared to the previous year2.

Could this be the end of grid outages? The reality of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies holds tremendous potential for modernizing and hardening the nation's electrical grid.