There are only 3 EV chargers for every 10,000 Americans, a disparity threatening automakers' $1.2 trillion investmentWhere EV charging stands in the US leaves a lot of communities out, according to a new study from Bumper.charging is a huge barrier to EV adoption.There are barely 3 EV charge ports for every 10,000 people in the U.S., a new analysis said.
The number of electric car chargers available in the U.S. leaves a lot of people and communities out. EVs have some serious accessibility and equity challenges to overcome before they go mainstream, as there are major disparities in terms of financial and socio-demographic factors as to who has access to public EV charging, according to aFor example, the richest people in the U.S. have the most access to electric car charging, with nearly 72% of public EV charge plugs in the country's wealthiest counties. The top fifth of counties in the US account for nearly 33% of all EV charge ports here.
Meanwhile, more than 95% of EV chargers are in counties with majority-white populations. Because the highest-income earning areas in the US also tend to correlate with higher numbers of white and Asian residents, according to Bumper, and there are more charging stations in those areas,And while over 63% of the counties in the U.S. have charging stations, 36% of counties do not.
Data indicates there were more than 51,000 public EV charging stations in the U.S. as of March, with over 131,000 plugs. But that balances out to less than 3 charger ports for every 10,000 people in the US — and it's even fewer for more impoverished areas.there are 145,000 gas fueling stations in the country., plenty of U.S. residents live in multi-family dwellings or buildings without access to a garage and plug, making that difficult in the near-term.