US Charging Stations -- Mid-2023 -- For The Archves

Locator: 45391EVS.

For the archives. Hopefully the study is re-accomplished annually. By 2035, Washington, Oregon, and California will require that all newly registered cars be EVs.

US charging stations, update, Charles Kennedy.

An executive summary of the study is posted here. Includes an interactive map. The darker, the more difficulty finding an available charging unit. The complete, original study is here.

The study and the charts raise many, many questions.

North Dakota leads the nation in this metric (in this map) = "best state with access to a charging unit."

For example, just to get started, North Dakota has 2.2 EV per charging station. In other words, if North Dakota has two EVs total, it has one charging unit for the entire state, and that state (North Dakota) is light blue suggesting more than enough charging units for the number of EVs in the state. 

It's possible the study answers this question but I doubt it:

• in a given daylight hour when the majority of folks are traveling, how many vehicles can each state charge / re-fuel per hour. 

The average time it takes to re-fuel an ICE: ten minutes, or thereabouts. No waiting.

The average time it takes to re-charge an EV: one-half hour, minimum. Waiting time significant depending on location, number of charging ports at charging station.

Another metric: the area (square fee, square miles, or acres) in each stated devoted to:

• EV charging stations;
• gasoline service stations.

According to the study:

• North Dakota has 0.13 EV stations / 100 square miles.
• North Dakota: 70,000 square miles
• x / 70,000 = 0.13 / 100
• [0.13 *70,000]/100 = 90 EV stations in the state?

How many ports, not just stations; how many gasoline pumps, not just number of stations.

Whatever.

For the archives. I don't think the study tells me much.