EVs Demise Greatly Exaggerated – This is Not Cool (thinc.blog)
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Bloomberg:
As electric car sales pick up pace far from the US coasts, a wave of new fast-charging stations are coming online from the Rust Belt down to the Deep South.
Roughly 600 quick-turn stations switched on in the third quarter across the US, a 7% increase from the end of June, according to a Bloomberg Green analysis of Department of Energy data. There are now nearly 9,000 public, fast-charging sites in the US, and their proliferation has only quickened.
For the year to date, the number of fast-charging options in the US has grown by 35% over the year-earlier period. At that rate, quick-turn stations will number roughly 11,600 by the end of the year — roughly one electron station for every 10 US gas stations.
“There are so many new stations going in every quarter,” said Erika Myers, executive director of CharIN North America, a Washington DC-based nonprofit focused on improving the charging experience. “It might feel like there isn’t much (charging) if you researched this last year, but take another look.”
The recent charger blitz is a boon, particularly for drivers in the US Midwest and South. The crowd of the new electron pumps cuts from Michigan south to Florida. Between June and October, drivers got 51 new places to quickly top up an EV in Michigan, 24 in Ohio, 38 in Florida, 25 in Georgia, 14 in Kentucky and 15 in Alabama.
While the pace of electric vehicle sales gains slowed for a beat at the start of the year, US drivers are once again scrambling for battery-powered models. Drawn in part by a parade of newer, more affordable machines, Americans bought 346,309 fully electric vehicles in the third quarter, an 11% increase over the year-earlier quarter, according to Cox Automotive Inc.
There are now 3.5 million EVs registered in the US, according to federal data, and sales gains have been steepest in rural states like Oklahoma, Arkansas and Montana that have largely steered clear of battery-powered machines until recently.
EVgo Inc., which operates about 1,000 fast-charging stations in the US, says the new crop of more affordable vehicles is juicing returns. “What we’re seeing on the ground are people buying electric vehicles across the United States,” CEO Badar Khan said on an August earnings call. “That just speaks very well to the underlying demand.”
Meanwhile, Big Box stores are getting it that having charging stations at your location means customers will come in and browse while waiting for a charge.
Changing consumer habits will dictate faster pace of upgrades – invisible hand yada yada.
Convenience.org:
Electrify America and Costco Wholesale are now offering new electric vehicle charging stations at five Costco Wholesale locations. The charging stations feature Hyper-Fast chargers capable of speeds up to 350 kW “and will help meet the growing demand for open and convenient fast charging,” according to a press release.
The five charging stations are in California, Colorado and Florida and are owned by Costco. Costco said the charging stations will be compatible with nearly all-electric vehicle (EV) brands with pricing set by Costco. |
