Enel X Way, an e-mobility subsidy of Italy-based energy giant Enel that operates in 29 countries, announced plans to add more than 2 million electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the U.S. and Canada by 2030, according to a press release. These would include home, commercial, and public charging stations and add to the more than 170,000 the company says it has sold in North America to date.

Announcements like this are important to commercial real estate, which has long needed to accommodate the needs of car owners. CRE properties frequently offer parking. Increasingly, that is coming to mean facilities to allow tenants and others to charge EVs.

Planning for such capabilities depends on projections of  EV use. A number of factors currently constrain consumer and commercial adoption of the technologies. One of them is the availability of a fueling station infrastructure, just as the adoption of internal combustion engine vehicles need gas stations. As more public charging locations come online, that particular barrier to adoption lowers, meaning that CRE owners and operators will have to consider the rate at which they need to invest in their own EV charging capabilities.