U.S. public EV chargers and charging stations 2007-2023

As of 2023, there were around 168,400 public electric vehicle chargers in the United States, spread across over 64,600 charging locations. The volume of public chargers has been steadily increasing since 2007, and was over ten times larger than the volume of private charging ports recorded in the country in 2023.

A challenge for the electric vehicle market

The United States' public electric vehicle charging network must meet the demand of a growing electric vehicle fleet, with EV sales rapidly increasing. In an October 2023 survey, 42 percent of U.S. consumers mentioned the lack of public charging as one of their leading concerns regarding battery-electric vehicles, compared to 40 percent of respondents mentioning the lack of chargers at home as a hurdle, and the availability of chargers per 100 electric vehicles in some key U.S. states suggest improvements could be made to the network to better meet consumer demand. To tackle this issue, the U.S. government launched the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, aimed at expanding the public charging infrastructure.   

The North American Charging Standard

In 2023, many automakers, among which Ford, Rivian, and BMW, have committed to use the charging standards put in place by Tesla, the leading electric vehicle manufacturer in the U.S., by 2025. The Tesla Destination charger and Supercharger were among the leading public charging network in the United States, excluding non-networked stations. This commitment to the North American Charging Standard would lead automakers to use the company's Superchargers, which provide fast-charging to electric vehicles and have been increasingly more present along the global roads.