{"id":47302,"date":"2022-07-05T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T16:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/?p=47302"},"modified":"2022-07-11T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:18:53","slug":"electric-vehicles-by-the-numbers-past-present-and-the-future-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/es\/blog\/electric-vehicles-by-the-numbers-past-present-and-the-future-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Charging By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"47302\" class=\"elementor elementor-47302\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68fbcdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68fbcdd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59fb097\" data-id=\"59fb097\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a04201 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a04201\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70a9f9a\" data-id=\"70a9f9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f3a166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f3a166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47325\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-660x371.png 660w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-260x147.png 260w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-480x271.png 480w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-min.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74aed67 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74aed67\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f85ad96\" data-id=\"f85ad96\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e06098 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e06098\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Electric Charging By the Numbers<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a61ca84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a61ca84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa9d9f2\" data-id=\"fa9d9f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea3692 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cea3692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Mark Hart<br \/><em>VP of Business Development, ACDI\/Terra<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b1f791 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b1f791\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcfb0c3\" data-id=\"bcfb0c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6ebd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd6ebd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One day, in the future, all new car sales will be electric, and EV chargers will be ubiquitous \u2014 installed at nearly every home, store, hotel, shopping mall, and workplace in the US.<\/p><p>In the past few years, the question about EVs dominating U.S. roads shifted from \u201cIf?\u201d to \u201cWhen?\u201d And as I shared in the previous\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/es\/blog\/electric-vehicles-by-the-numbers-past-present-and-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in this series, while sales grew gradually and modestly for much of the past decade, they doubled in 2021 over 2020, with EVs making up roughly 4.6% of new light passenger vehicle sales. True, less than five out of 100 doesn&#8217;t represent an inflection point. But that&#8217;s also up from 0% in 2010.<\/p><p>Furthermore, several factors point to a continuation of this robust trend in 2022. While EVs will not dominate U.S. roads by the end of the decade, they will see dramatic growth in market share and go mainstream.<\/p><p>The growth of EV charging is critical to this emerging reality, one that the federal government hopes to propel by investing $7.5 billion in public EV charging infrastructure, among other things. The investment is intended to put the U.S. &#8220;on the path to a convenient and equitable <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/12\/13\/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-electric-vehicle-charging-action-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">network of 500,000 chargers<\/a><\/span> and make EVs accessible to all Americans for both local and long-distance trips,&#8221; the Administration announced in February.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4370b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4370b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7738bd\" data-id=\"c7738bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e936e06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e936e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Three Levels of EV Chargers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca7d4bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca7d4bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3160327\" data-id=\"3160327\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feff453 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"feff453\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>EV chargers are categorized by three different levels, or ranges of power:<\/p><ul><li>Level 1 utilizes a common household 120-volt outlet. This typically provides about two to four miles of range for every hour of charging, depending on the EV. The vast majority of Level 1 charging is done at people\u2019s homes or apartments.<br \/>Level 2, the workhorse of EV chargers, draws from the kind of 240-volt outlet used with clothes dryers, and can top off an EV about five times faster than a Level 1.<\/li><li>Level 2 charging is common where cars are parked for at least a few hours or overnight, such as at hotels, shopping malls, parking lots, and workplace locations. At the end of 2021, in the U.S. there were nearly 92,000 public Level 2 chargers installed at located at more than 33,000 locations.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1e1cea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1e1cea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db5a9a5\" data-id=\"db5a9a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5da5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7f5da5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fec1723 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fec1723\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fa67f8\" data-id=\"5fa67f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27eb22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a27eb22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-Reaches-91000-Level-2-Chargers-1024x577.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47307\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-Reaches-91000-Level-2-Chargers-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-Reaches-91000-Level-2-Chargers-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-Reaches-91000-Level-2-Chargers-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-Reaches-91000-Level-2-Chargers-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-Reaches-91000-Level-2-Chargers-360x203.png 360w, 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6028b68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6028b68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a20e737\" data-id=\"a20e737\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a275b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c9a275b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ce48a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ce48a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7b93f2\" data-id=\"b7b93f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bf9a51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bf9a51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC), also referred to as Level 3, is the fastest charging speed, capable of charging an all-electric vehicle, a.k.a. a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) to 80 percent in just 20 minutes to one hour. How fast a BEV can add, say a few hundred miles, varies by many factors, including the power (measured in kilowatts) of the charger, the maximum charging capability of the EV, the state of charge of the battery (e.g. 20% charged versus 50%), the outside temperature and other factors. Shopping centers and malls, convenience stores, and grocery stores have the highest number of DC fast chargers across all property types.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a128fdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a128fdd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1e3a0d\" data-id=\"c1e3a0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292cd1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"292cd1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Growth of EV Charging Locations<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01fb16c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01fb16c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5f2240\" data-id=\"c5f2240\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d78d83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d78d83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs of June 1 there were a total of more than 48,000 public EV charging stations (locations) in the U.S., representing about 120,000 individual charging ports (charging connections). Approximately 24,000 of these were DC fast chargers, according to data from the U.S. Dept. of Energy.\n \nGrowth of all types of chargers over time has fared well. From 2010 through the end of 2021, the total number of public charging ports increased to more than 114,000 from just 900. And during the years 2013 through 2021, the average annual increase in total charging ports was 27%.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-790fe48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"790fe48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-1024x577.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47313\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-660x371.png 660w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-260x147.png 260w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-480x271.png 480w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-1320x744.png 1320w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Charging-Ports-Increased-27_-Per-Year\u2013-2013-2021.png 1518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ac67c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ac67c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cdc568\" data-id=\"9cdc568\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34aa7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34aa7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough EV sales are now increasing at a faster pace than the number of EV chargers installed, this ratio has been on a consistent climb over the past decade or so, peaking at 19.0 to one in 2021.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1e3093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1e3093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-1024x579.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47312\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-260x147.png 260w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-480x271.png 480w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-1320x746.png 1320w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021-600x339.png 600w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/EVs-to-Charging-Port-Ratio-Rises-to-19-to-1-in-2021.png 1518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19a3c3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19a3c3e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-849d26f\" data-id=\"849d26f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1aacf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1aacf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince 2018, this ratio, which reflects cumulative EVs \u2014 the total number of BEVs and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) sold since 2010 \u2014 has ranged from a low of 17.3 to one in 2020, to 19.0 to one in 2021. One note: More and more people will have access to residential refueling as charger installations at multifamily housing increases. Thus, ratios are a moving target. They also do not take into account utilization rates, which we&#8217;ll address in a future blog.\n \nWhen we compare DC fast chargers and Level 2 installations, although more total numbers of the latter were added, deployment of the former has recently grown at a faster rate, with DC fast charger installations increasing by 24% and Level 2s growing by 18% in 2021. \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec69366 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec69366\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-1024x579.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-260x147.png 260w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-480x271.png 480w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-1320x747.png 1320w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021-600x339.png 600w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Increased-24_-in-2021.png 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d298eb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d298eb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIndeed, while the total number of Level 2 ports reached over 91,000 at the end of 2021, the mean of 2.7 ports per location is well below the average of 4.1 for DC fast chargers. However, if the domineering Tesla Supercharger DC fast chargers are not included in the total, the average drops to 2 chargers per location.\n \nFurthermore, although DC growth slowed in 2021, we expect about a 20% year-over-year increase in 2022 for a total of nearly 26,000 from 21,676 at the end of 2021.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0ef21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f0ef21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-1024x581.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47310\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-560x318.png 560w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-260x147.png 260w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-480x271.png 480w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-1320x749.png 1320w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/US-DC-Fast-Chargers-Estimated-to-Increase-19_-in-2022.png 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75bd764 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75bd764\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4af92f6\" data-id=\"4af92f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05ddaad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05ddaad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Level 2: Critical to Widespread Adoption<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9e0386 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9e0386\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d6658\" data-id=\"88d6658\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b4f5ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b4f5ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While DC fast chargers receive the majority of the headlines and federal infrastructure investment, Level 2 chargers are critical to widespread EV adoption. For one thing, PHEVs, which currently account for roughly one-third of the EVs on the road in the U.S., cannot use DC fast chargers (except for the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV). Furthermore, Level 2 chargers are far less expensive and typically easier to install than DC fast chargers, which can cost from a low of about 5 to more than 50 times that of Level 2 to deploy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97cf8d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97cf8d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-1024x575.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47309\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-360x203.png 360w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-660x371.png 660w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-260x147.png 260w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-1320x742.png 1320w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/No.-of-Level-2-Charging-Ports-Increased-18_-YoY.png 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07898fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07898fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 2 chargers are thus understandably described as the realm&#8217;s workhorse because they are critical to enabling people to execute some of their most common and crucial activities, such as commuting to work or school, and performing everyday chores such as shopping.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bec163 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9bec163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hotels-Dominate-Number-of-Level-2-Chargers--1024x577.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-47308\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hotels-Dominate-Number-of-Level-2-Chargers--1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hotels-Dominate-Number-of-Level-2-Chargers--300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hotels-Dominate-Number-of-Level-2-Chargers--768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/acd-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hotels-Dominate-Number-of-Level-2-Chargers--18x10.png 18w, 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