150 kW and 50 kW Chargers Account for 58% of US DCFC Corridor Ports

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While charging networks like Electrify America are adding a large number of 350 kW DC fast chargers, based on AFDC data, 58.4% of US corridor (e.g, chargers located along highway corridors) DC fast chargers are either 150 kW or 50 kW. As of July 30, 2022, only 10.9% were the high-power 350 kW chargers. Adding […]

70% Of Electrify America’s US DC Fast Chargers Are 150 kW

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Across the 2,193 Electrify America “corridor/market” DC fast chargers located throughout the US (but excluding California sites), 1,527 or 69.6% of the total at the end of 2021 were 150 kW chargers, according to analysis of the April 30, 2022 Electrify America 2021 Report to the US EPA by EVAdoption.

US DC Fast Chargers Increased 24% in 2021 Vs. 2020

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The number of DC fast chargers (ports) grew by more than 4,200, an increase of 24 percent at the end of 2021 versus year-end 2020, according to new EVAdoption, LLC analysis based on Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) data.

EVs Using the CHAdeMO Connector Have the Best EV to Charger Ratio in the US

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When looking at the ratio of the total sales from 2010 to 2021 of the Nissan LEAF and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (the two CHAdeMO using EVs available in the US) to the number of DC fast chargers in the US, drivers of these CHAdeMO-using EVs actually have the best ratio of vehicles to chargers at 31 EVs to 1 DC fast charger.

California: DCFC Well Ahead of Level 1 & Level 2 2025 Target Goals

In 2019, the California Energy Commission established target goals for the number of EV charging connections by DCFC and combined L1 and L2. As of December 3 using AFDC data, the state was much closer to achieving the targets for DCFC stations at 59.4% of the low target and 29.4% of the high target. This […]

Where Are the Level 1 Charging Connections in the US?

Those Level 1 120v EV charging plugs that everyone has at home and at businesses, where are they available for charging in public locations? Using AFDC data, there are less than 1,500 L1 plugs in the US, versus more than 77,000 Level 2. (The L1 number might be so low simply because the non-networked, non […]