DeCharge launches rewards program to accelerate EV infrastructure growth
DeCharge Overview - May 27, 2025
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DeCharge DePIN by the numbers
Total Charging Minutes: 1.6M (+15.12%)
Locations with deployed EV chargers: 500+
Repeat customers: 768 (-2.16%)
Paying customers: 2,680 (+7.76%)
These metrics are accurate upon publication. The percentages are based on month-over-month change, unless noted otherwise.
⚡Debriefing with DeCharge⚡
DeCharge introduced a points-based community rewards program with DeCharge Quest Season 1. This program allows users to earn up to 20,000 “ZK” points through various activities.
Participants can complete tasks like content creation, infrastructure mapping, helping find new locations for EV charges and ambassador work to earn rewards and climb a community leaderboard. While the points don’t have any monetary value, they may be associated with future token allocation, according to a recent Messari report.
This system features different quest categories that users can engage with based on their interests and skills. Community members who participate will also be eligible for future rewards as the project develops.
India's EV adoption grew 26.5% in 2024, but charging infrastructure lags behind with a public charger to EV ratio of 1:400. This supply gap creates an opportunity for DeCharge’s network to improve that imbalance with its community driven ecosystem.
Through mapping charging demand and identifying potential installation locations, users can help provide DeCharge with valuable data for its decentralized EV charging network. This allows the company to better understand where new charging stations could be most useful with real-world data coming directly from the community.
The quest system transforms users into active contributors, while gamifying participation in the DeCharge ecosystem. This creates multiple entry points for community engagement. It also supports the project's growth across both infrastructure development and data innovation.
This initiative provides a way to directly influence the development of charging infrastructure. Users can help shape where the network expands, while being rewarded through its points system.
Additionally, DeCharge is also incentivizing innovation across the broader ecosystem. The network recently sponsored the DePIN for Car Data track at the Solana Breakout Hackathon, offering $3,500 in USDC prizes for developers building smart car data marketplaces. This hackathon challenged builders to prototype decentralized systems where vehicle owners could monetize their car's data with GPS, diagnostics and fuel consumption patterns.
The dual initiatives, community rewards and developer incentives, can motivate individuals to build the network's infrastructure and expand its reach, both physically and socially.
In the long term, this community-driven approach combines grassroots infrastructure mapping with valuable datasets built by the community. This strategy could help DeCharge develop an expansive charging network with innovative features that better reflect user needs and preferences compared to traditional centralized charging networks.
Highlighting the DePIN Ecosystem
DeCharge launched Capsule for 5G enabled Charging Infra
DeCharge enabled appless transactions for a plug and charge” system with VIN based charging
Check out Superteam’s India DePIN Report ft. DeCharge
Read about DeCharge’s network design, tokenomics and roadmap in Messari’s report
Tune in to the NDTV Profit interview with DeCharge CEO Mohan Ponnada discussing how the protocol is supporting EV charging in India
DeCharge was selected as a delegate for the Solana Economic Zone in Kazakhstan
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