EV charging stations continue strong growth in early 2021

As electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity over the years, and the infrastructure to charge them has expanded to interstate highways, workplaces and public parking lots across the country. But how quickly are charging stations being installed? And in fact charging stations are booming. 

A new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) PDF answers these questions and others with a snapshot of the rapidly changing landscape for EV charging during the three months of 2021. 

During this time, Public Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), an industry term for individual outlets at a charging station, grew by 7.6%. Of that, direct current fast chargers, which enable fast battery charging, make up the biggest piece of the pie, expanding to 10.6. 

A project manager in NREL's Sustainable Transportation Integration Group and a co-author of the report, this matrix shows a consistent upward trend for charging stations across the country.  

We have seen strong year-on-year growth in infrastructure since 2011. she said, For example, the number of charging stations alone doubled between December 2015 and 2019. It was the same in 2021, there was more development in all parts of the country. 

While growth was seen in all sectors during the quarter. Some were standing outside. The Northeast, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, saw growth of more than 10%. The country is growing the fastest. 

California charging infrastructure grew 9%. Even if it continues to claim the largest share of the country's public charging infrastructure. 

Brown said the report's detailed figures use data from an alternative fuel station locator. the most widely used tool at the U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center. 

Brown said the report's detailed statistics use data from alternative fuel station locators. Which has been made possible because of stakeholder groups. Including EV charging companies and Clean Cities Coalition. who constantly report what is happening on the ground and the communities they serve.

Over the years, Station Locator has mapped public and private non-residential alternative fuel stations in the United States and Canada, including ethanol (E85), biodiesel, natural gas, EV charging, hydrogen, and propane stations. Accessibility and functionality of the devices, including the free mobile app. Appeals to a wide range of users looking to fuel or charge their vehicles.

Check out some other high-level trends from the report: 

• The states with the highest rates of charging stations per 100,000 people are Vermont (105.3), California (64.0), Washington D.C. (63.3), Hawaii (47.7), and Colorado (40.9).
• Fees for private EVSEs such as transit fleet or employees increased by only 3.2%, taking the total number of private EVSEs to around 14,000.
• Direct-current fast and level 2 EVSEs are 49.6% and 12%, respectively, to meet the estimated 2030 charging demand for 15 million EVs (although 56.2% of public direct-current fast chargers are available only to Tesla drivers). 
• ChargePoint made up approximately 44% of the public EVSEs in the station locator, the largest of any charging network.