Public EV Charging Stations Must Quadruple In US By 2025: Report via insideevs.com
, the number of public electric car charging stations in the US needs to quadruple between now and 2025 just to meet the growing sales demand for EVs. This comes as no surprise since we've known for years that the lack of a robust public charging network in many areas slows EV adoption.
Most EV owners charge their cars at home. One of the primary conveniences of owning an EV is not having to visit a gas station. However, if you ever plan on hitting the road and traveling further than typical commutes and daily errands, you will likely want the peace of mind that comes from having fast and reliable publicstations on your route. If you plan to use your EV for family road trips, there's really no other option aside from charging at public stations.
Automotive News writes that EVs currently only make up about 1% of the 281 million cars on US roads today. However, a whopping 5% of new car registrations between January and October 2022 were for electric cars. EVs are catching on fast, and it no longer looks like that's going to change. S&P Global Mobility estimates that the EV market share will rise to 40 percent of all new vehicles in the US by 2030.
Based on S&P Global Mobility's data, there are over 125,000 public Level 2 charging stations in the US, but only ~20,400 public DC fast charging stations. Some 17,000
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