Charging up America: Assessing the Growing Need for U.S. Charging Infrastructure through 2030

The authors assess electric vehicle (EV) charging needs in the United States through 2030. An estimated EV fleet of 26 million vehicles in 2030 will require around 2.4 million chargers, including 1.3 million in workplaces, 900,000 public chargers, and 180,000 direct current (DC) fast chargers. The charging infrastructure must serve a wider range of drivers, with about 1 million chargers needed for apartment dwellers, with faster growth for many rural areas and in the South and Midwest. Poor communities will need ongoing investments, amounting to about 30% of chargers and funding through 2030. Most EV charging is currently performed overnight at homes, but workplace and public charging will require large growth and investment. Funding in chargers for 2021-2030 is estimated at $28 billion for public sites and workplaces, including $15 billion for installation. DC fast chargers will comprise 7% of these chargers, provide 57% of charging energy, and comprise 66% of the costs, underlining the need for convenient and cheap charging at homes and workplaces. Funds for charging in the next few years will come from public funding, investments in utilities, and other private sources such as the settlement funds from Volkswagen’s Dieselgate, but increased and sustained long-term funding will be necessary, particularly in areas where investment up to 2020 has been limited.

• Record URL:
  https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/charging-up-america-jul2021.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://theicct.org/publications/charging-up-america-jul2021
• Corporate Authors:

  International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)

  1500 K Street NW, Suite 650
  Washington, DC  United States  20005

  Heising-Simons Foundation

  Los Altos, CA  United States  94022
• Authors:
  • Bauer, Gordon
  • Hsu, Chih-Wei
  • Nicholas, Mike
  • Lutsey, Nic
• Publication Date: 2021-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: White Paper
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 45p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicle charging; Financing; Forecasting; Infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01782380
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 22 2021 12:03PM