California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s workplace launched a information bulletin final week asserting that The Golden State now has 48 p.c extra public and shared non-public EV chargers than the variety of gasoline nozzles. The state’s major vitality coverage and planning company the California Vitality Fee or CEC mentioned that as of 2024, there are 178,549 EV chargers throughout the state versus about 120,000 gasoline nozzles. The overwhelming majority of those are Stage 2 chargers, with about 10 p.c or 16,971 chargers able to Stage 3 quick charging.
California leads the nation in EV possession charges, so it is a good factor that public charger entry has grown exponentially over current years. Many EV homeowners cost their automobiles at residence on non-public chargers, which aren’t included in these numbers, however public entry to dependable EV chargers will develop into extra necessary as extra folks purchase new or used electrical automobiles.
The numbers do not lie
The info exhibits a large bounce within the variety of publicly accessible and shared non-public EV chargers final yr, with 2024 almost doubling the variety of chargers in 2023. 26 p.c of all vehicles on California roads in 2023 have been plug-in hybrids or battery electrical automobiles in accordance with Edmunds, and the CEC says there was about 2.2 million PHEVs, FCEVs, and EVs offered within the state as of 2024. Separate from the 178,000 public chargers, the CEC estimates that greater than 700,000 Stage 2 chargers are at the moment put in in single-family properties in California. CEC Chair David Hochschild mentioned,
“The California EV driver expertise is getting higher by the day. The state will proceed to closely spend money on EV infrastructure, with specific emphasis in hard-to-reach areas, making these automobiles a simple alternative for brand spanking new automotive consumers.”
Newsom has vocalized his distaste for the Trump administration’s efforts to defund public charging growth initiatives, however California not too long ago accepted its personal $1.4 billion EV infrastructure funding plan to proceed its spectacular momentum in EV adoption. The CEC acknowledges that about half of the chargers included within the 2024 charger totals have been put in previous to 2024, however new knowledge sources simply recognized them.