EV Charging Station Data

 Wired reviewed Department of Energy EV charging data and determined that “the US currently has 188,600 public and private charging ports, and 67,900 charging stations.” There are an additional 240 charging stations in the planning phase. Compared to traditional gas stations of which there are about 145,000 gas stations according to the American Petroleum Institute.  Coltura, an alternative fuel research and advocacy group, says the number of public EV chargers needs to grow by a factor of 6.