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Class of Warrants Redeemed Or Called During Period

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Issuance of Common Stock Upon Exercise of Warrants Shares

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Warrants Exercised

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) recognized in income for derivative asset (liability) after deduction of derivative liability (asset), measured at fair value using unobservable input (level 3) and still held.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 820
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Indicates line item in statement in which net income is reported that includes unrealized gain (loss) from derivative asset (liability) after deduction of derivative liability (asset), measured at fair value using unobservable input (level 3) and still held.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from holders exercising their stock warrants.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Stock Warrants - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 06, 2021	Jan. 31, 2024	Jan. 31, 2023	Jan. 31, 2022	Feb. 21, 2022	Jun. 04, 2021
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		34,499,436	34,499,436
Warrants exercised (in shares)		0
Proceeds from the exercise of public warrants		$ 0	$ 6,884	$ 118,864
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability), Recurring Basis, Still Held, Unrealized Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]		Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	Change in fair value of warrant liabilities	Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
Common Stock
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		34,499,436
Common Stock \| Legacy Chargepoint
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants (in shares)			1,037,808
Legacy Common And Preferred Stock Warrants Classified As Equity
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		38,761,031
Legacy Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		34,499,436	34,499,436
Warrants exercised (in shares)		0
Legacy Warrants \| Common Stock \| Legacy Chargepoint
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants exercised (in shares)		0	1,039,153
Legacy Common Stock Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Proceeds from the exercise of public warrants			$ 6,900
Private Placement Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		0	0
Warrants exercised (in shares)		0
Proceeds from the exercise of public warrants			$ 117,600
Fair value adjustment of warrants			63,700
Value per common share					$ 0.355
Public Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Fair value adjustment of warrants		$ 0	$ 0	$ 15,900
Number of warrants called for redemption (in shares)						244,481
Class of warrants redeemed Or called during period (in shares)	244,481
Class of warrants redemption price per warrant (in dollar per share)	0.01