A new report suggests that more than 800,000 electric-vehicle chargers could be in place in the United States by 2030.
More than $21.5 billion in investments supporting about 800,000 EV chargers have been announced since 2021, based on research from the Environmental Defense Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, and WSP, a New York engineering and consulting firm, which worked together on the report, U.S. Public Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure Deployment. In a relatively short period, investments in EV charging have dramatically accelerated, due in large part to the availability of government funds through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The $21 billion in investments don’t include charging stalls to be constructed at Cumberland Farms, Shell, Wawa, Kroger, Subway and Target, the report said.