For some time now, various studies have shown that EV charging infrastructure is inadequate, particularly given the growth of EV sales over the past few years. In certain areas where EV adoption has occurred quicker than others, this is often evident by long lines of folks waiting for chargers to come open, too. Even with demand for all-electric vehicles tapering off somewhat over the past year or so, most still expect that we’ll see this particular issue continue to pose problems, and that list also now includes the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a lobby group that Ford is part of.
In its latest Get Connected Electric Vehicle Report, the group conducted a state-by-state analysis of the U.S. electric vehicle market for Q4 and full year 2023, and discovered some interesting data as it pertains to the current state of EV charging infrastructure in America – noting that the installation of public chargers across the U.S. is not keeping up with projected sales, which has been the case for some time now in spite of efforts to improve infrastructure and reduce charging times.
Last year, the number of publicly available EV chargers grew by 27 percent versus 2022, though EV sales also increased by 51 percent. In total, 377,383 EVs were registered in the U.S. in 2023 while 8,869 new public chargers were added, which equates to 43 EVs for every new public charger. Currently, there are 4.3 million EVs on the road and 159,842 publicly available charging outlets, which makes for a ratio of 27 vehicles per charger.
This is an issue because the lobby group estimates that 1.2 million public chargers will be needed to meet estimates for EV sales growth by 2030, which means that we’re currently around 1.1 million short of reaching that goal – a huge gap, indeed. In fact, to hit that goal, 437 public chargers would need to be installed every day for the next seven years, or around three every 10 minutes – an unsustainable rate by any measure.
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Duh, really?
My thoughts exactly.
Better Contact Captain BUTTIGIEG, He has this All Figured out at his HOME / State????? And how about the Home’s Built before the 1990’s and earlier with a 100 AMP Service Panel. Who’s gonna Pay for those Upgrades???? This whole EV Thing is a GREAT IDEA, But me and my WIFE ain’t got the Money to Rebuild our Home to accommodate this GARBAGE.
Hey Boomer, I faced a similar 125 AMP service panel problem when I purchased my Mach-E last year. We solved the problem by having a current management system installed with the EV charger at I/8th the cost of replacing the the service panel with a 200 AMP model.
We all know it’s inadequate. Whenever I travel and spend 10 minutes filling up my gas tank and looking at the mile long line of Teslas waiting to charge, I know it’s inadequate.
Politicians figured that a quick conversion to EVs was going to be very easy. They were wrong, VERY wrong. They should have done it in stages – hybrids first and then full electrics when the infrastructure would be able to support them.
What’s new with politicians? They are almost always wrong.
The construction workers needed to install electricity supply to a vast charger network are simply not there. EV buyers and the government will be disappointed.
If only someone could have foreseen this!
Perhaps our next President will take on the challenge – seems like an easy way to boost jobs in a rapidly growing market, make it like a Job Corps program to include training, certifications and employment assistance, and get City Level buy in to survey and recommend placement sites and the infrastructure to supply the charger sites power 24/7/365. Businesses could be solicited to install some parking/charging spots at a discount, and some may want to be able to offer subsidized rates while shoppers are visiting, perhaps on purchases while the chargers bring in pure profit with City subsidized rates. There is no reason the infrastructure cannot be built out in the next ten years with a full commitment from Business/Government/Public leaders to move us into the next generation of transportation.
Now, when do I get my personal Drone to fly me to work?