Rollout of Charging Points in the U.S. Is Far Slower Than Surging EV Sales

While electric vehicle registrations in the United States have surged by 142% since the beginning of 2023, the pace at which public charging point installations are growing has been just 22%, risking undermining the current momentum of EV sales in America. As of September 2024, registrations of electric vehicles in the United States hit 3.

5 million units, per data from the Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) cited by Reuters’s columnist Gavin Maguire. That’s a surge of 142% since the beginning of 2023. But the number of public EV charging…