{"id":48165,"date":"2023-04-25T09:03:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48165"},"modified":"2023-04-25T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:03:23","slug":"how-many-electric-car-fast-chargers-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48165","title":{"rendered":"How Many Public EV Fast Chargers Do We Need In The US?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0EVANNEX<\/a>, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at\u00a0InsideEVs<\/a>, nor have we been paid by\u00a0EVANNEX\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company’s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of charge. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

Posted on<\/span>\u00a0EVANNEX on April 25, 2023,\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0Peter McGuthrie<\/p>\n

Electric cars<\/a>\u00a0are quickly becoming a reality in the U.S., but the charging infrastructure remains a barrier to mainstream adoption. To support increasing amounts of EVs on the road, the U.S. will need to prioritize the rollout of direct current fast-charging stations. But just how many DC fast chargers will be needed to support the oncoming wave of EVs?<\/p>\n

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Above: Tesla vehicles charging at a Supercharger station (Image:\u00a0Casey Murphy<\/a>\u00a0\/ EVANNEX).<\/em><\/p>\n

In recent weeks, the Biden administration shared a list of companies and organizations taking part in the push to deploy 500,000 public EV chargers in the U.S. by 2030, as\u00a0Barron\u2019s<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports. The list includes notable automotive industry names such as Uber, Blink Charging, Zipcar, the National Automobile Dealers Association, and more.<\/p>\n

The list includes companies that have made \u201ccommitments to expand EV fleets, increase consumer education, and grow the availability of EV charging.\u201d As the U.S. works to reach its EV adoption goals, one such goal should include how many fast-charging stations will be enough for EV buyers \u2014 a figure which\u00a0Barron\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>attempted to calculate in its recent story on the subject.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Energy said that there were around 140,000 EV charging<\/a> ports in the country at the end of last year, up from roughly 53,000 individual plugs five years ago. Out of those ending in 2022, just 28,000 were DC fast-charging ports, according to the agency.<\/p>\n

The Transport Department estimates that there are roughly 280 million vehicles on U.S. roads, while the American Petroleum Institute says there are about 145,000 gas stations across the country. At a very rough average of 10 pumps per station, there would be about one pump per 200 vehicles.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0Barron\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0is quick to note that the \u201cmagical, correct number for EV chargers is elusive,\u201d the outlet posits the idea that the 28,000 fast chargers we had ending 2022 should\u00a0at least<\/em>\u00a0target the number of gas stations in the U.S. by the decade\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

If the U.S. is to meet the White House\u2019s goal of 50 percent new car sales<\/a> being EVs by 2030,\u00a0Barron\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>says there would need to be about 45 million EVs on the road, equating to around 3,000 EVs per fast charger. With the aid of home charging, which most EV owners utilize to slow-charge their vehicles overnight,\u00a0Barron\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0predicts that that figure \u201cmight be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tesla<\/a> also plans to open its Supercharger<\/a> network to other EV brands, which could help in the long run. It\u2019s currently only piloting the program at a few select stations in the U.S., though the company has expressed plans to open them up more widely in the future. To be sure, the U.S. will need all the help it can get to quell consumer range anxiety and to preserve the classic pastime of the American road trip.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Barron\u2019s<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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This article comes to us courtesy of\u00a0EVANNEX, which makes and sells aftermarket Tesla accessories. The opinions expressed therein are not necessarily our own at\u00a0InsideEVs, nor have we been paid by\u00a0EVANNEX\u00a0to publish these articles. We find the company’s perspective as an aftermarket supplier of Tesla accessories interesting and are happy to share its content free of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}