There are only 3 EV plugs for every 10,000 Americans, a disparity threatening automakers' $1.2 trillion investment
The number of electric car chargers available in the US leaves a lot of people and communities out.
EVs have some serious accessibility and equity challenges to overcome before they go mainstream, as there are major disparities in terms of financial and socio-demographic factors as to who has access to public EV charging, according to aFor example, the richest people in the US have the most access to electric car charging, with nearly 72% of public EV charge plugs in the country's wealthiest counties. The top fifth of counties in the US account for nearly 33% of all EV charge ports here.
Meanwhile, more than 95% of EV chargers are in counties with majority-white populations. Because the highest-income earning areas in the US also tend to correlate with higher numbers of white and Asian residents, according to Bumper, and there are more charging stations in those areas, generally more white and Asian residents have access to public EV charging.Data indicates there were more than 51,000 public EV charging stations in the US as of March, with over 131,000 plugs.
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