878 U.S. Highway Stretches Run Over 50 Miles Without a Fast EV Charger
U.S. highways have 878 stretches of 50+ miles with no fast EV charger (map)
ChargingNear.me checked every open public DC fast charger across the 50 states and DC and found 878 highway stretches where chargers sit more than 50 miles apart, covering 73,239 miles in 42 states. The longest is 376.6 miles of US-2 in Montana. Texas has the most gaps at 98, 126 fall on Interstates, and only 2,556 of 15,940 stations meet all three federal NEVI minimums.
Of the 15,940 fast charging stations we checked, 2,556 meet every federal NEVI minimum.
- ggreer
The data on this page seems to be incorrect. For example, for the longest stretch of no chargers (US route 2 through Montana), it says there are no chargers from the Idaho state line to Tilleman Motors in Havre, MT. But there's a Tesla Supercharger in Kalispell, which US 2 goes through. They have this charging location in their database, so I don't know what mistake they're making in their calculations.[1]
1. https://chargingnear.me/stations/859-w-reserve-dr-kalispell-...
- bryanlarsen
I thought the goal for NEVI was to always be within 50 miles of an EV charger. That would mean that any gap of under 100 miles is acceptable.
- archermarks
What's going on in Tennessee? Michigan having a lot I can understand due to the auto industry but it's surprising to see Tennessee almost fully covered