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LA Comprehensive Guide to U.S. Public EV Charging Networks By Steven Loveday Fact checked by Rusha Shrestha Reviewed by Cherise Tlueewitt April 22. 2022 Save EV Charging Infrastructure Is Growing. but Priorities Are Amiss There are a host of companies in the us. that offer electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for public use. However the list of those that have a sizable network is much smaller. Moreover. only some offer DC Fast Charging stations. which are the only electric car charging stations that are practical for road trips. In a perfect world. EV owners can do most of their charging at home and reserve fast charging for road trips. though there are certainly exceptions. ADVERTISEMENT A vast majority of the EV charging stations across the country are of the Lev 2 variety, which is ne if you have some time to kill. but a Level 2 char 1g station isn't going to get you topped up and back on the road quickly. Most EV owners use Level 2 to charge overnight at home or a hotel, or while their car is parked at work. It's important to note that there are also various companies. automakers and even the US. government touting big plans for the rollout of new public charging infrastructure, though the plans can cause confusion since they aren't necessarily focused on DC Fast Charging stations. Building more public Level 2 charging infrastructure instead of fastchar arguably doesn t ruake sense. With all of that said, let's take a look at the most significant EV charging networks in the U.S,. and more specically. which companies are the current leaders in DC Fast Charging infrastructure. We also explain why many plans for future infrastmct'ure are wholly inadequate. ADVERTISEMENT How Many EV Charging Stations Are There in the U.S.'? Us. Department of Energy Charging stations. charging ports. charging points and charging stalls are often used interchangeably by media outlets. which can cause plenty of confusion. For the purposes of this article. we're referring to a charging station like a gas station, where the station is the location itself, and it usually has multiple individual Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSED ports. points or stalls. An EVSE port may have multiple connectors. but it can only charge one car at a time, just like a gas pump. To ruake things less confusing. we'll refer to an EVSE port as a charging port. which. while not entirely accurate. has become the norm. According to the Us. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center. there are currently over 46.000 public EV charging stations in the US. with a total of over 1 15.000 individual (EVSE) charging ports. ADVERTISEMENT The total number ofcharging stations includes about 41.000 Level 2 stations with over 91.000 charging ports. However. it only includes around 6,000 DC Fast Charging statio with some 23.000 charging ports. As you can see. while the US. has a growing number of public EV charg g ports. they are predominantly Level 2 ports that aren't capable of fast charging. Which Company Has the Most Charging Stations and Ports'.7 Chargepoint ChargePoint is the largest EV charging network in the States by a notable margin. In fact. the company has a whopping 30.000 stations with over 47.000 in ial charging ports. Tesla, the next closest riv . has fewer than 6,000 station locations and about 25,000 charging ports. However. while the majority ofTesla's charging ports are Superchargers (DC Fast Chargers). most ChargePoint locations are Level 2. ADVERTISEMENT There are also nearly 8.000 non-networked EV charging stations in the Us with over 15.000 charging ports. Again. nearly all ofthese are Level 2 ports. Other companies involved in public charging infrastructure don't have nearly as many locations or charging the company aims to open it up to all EVs in the near future. Currently, Tesla's most points as ChargePoint, Tesla or the non-networked charging stations. powerful Superchargers max out at 250 KW, which equates to about 200 miles of range Which Company Has the Most DC Fast Charging Ports? in 15 minutes. Tesla Motors Electrify America While ChargePoint has a healthy lead on the total number of charging stations and Electrify America LLC charging ports in the U.S., it doesn't even come close to Tesla's number of fast-charging Volkswagen Group of America owns Electrify America, which came about as part of the locations. Moreover, there are other companies with more DC Fast Charging ports than automaker's settlement with the government related to its diesel emissions scandal. The ChargePoint. network doesn't require a membership, but it does offer a discount for people who According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Tesla has nearly 1,300 Supercharger choose to sign up for a plan. stations in the U.S., with over 13,000 fast-charging ports. Electrify America is next in line Electrify America is one of the few networks that can charge at speeds of up to 350 kW, with about 750 stations and 3,300 fast-charging ports. ChargePoint and EVgo are though some charging ports only offer 50 KW speeds. In addition, not all EVs are capable practically tied for the third position, with over 1,700 DC Fast Charging ports each, of accepting the maximum power level. That said, Electrify America is also the only though ChargePoint has about 1,700 total fast-charging locations to EVgo's 840. comprehensive DC Fast Charging network that allows people to take a non-Tesla EV on a ADVERTISEMENT road trip virtually anywhere in the U.S., and from coast to coast. A Look at America's Largest Fast-Charging Networks ADVERTISEMENT Since DC Fast Charging networks are critical to EV adoption, we're focusing on the Ford has partnered with Electrify America as one provider in its growing public charging country's largest fast-charging networks, rather than the largest charging networks as a network. All Mustang Mach-E owners will receive 250 kWh of free DC Fast Charging at whole. Again, while Level 2 charging points may be useful to some electric car owners in Electrify America's stations. some cases, they can't charge an EV quickly, and they provide little help on road trips. EVgo The following fast-charging networks are ranked by the number of charging ports they EVgo Services LLC have in the U.S., from most to least. We only highlighted the networks with 500 or more EVgo is a charging company based out of Tennessee. You can use the network without a charging ports nationwide. subscription, though signing up will get you a discount for DC Fast Charging. Tesla Supercharger Network EVgo's fast-charging stations deliver speeds between 100 KW and 350 kW, making it the Tesla Motors only network aside from Electrify America that offers the quickest charging speeds Tesla is the only automotive brand that owns and operates its own proprietary charging available today. General Motors secured a deal with EVgo to launch over 2,700 DC Fast network. Other automakers, such as Ford and GM, have announced plans for large Charging stations between now and 2025. The locations will have an average of four networks. However, they're primarily based on partnerships with existing networks, charging ports per site, with each capable of delivering 350 kW. which offer a multitude of Level 2 stations and some DC Fast Charging stations. ChargePoint ADVERTISEMENT Tom Williams / GettyImages In North America, the Supercharger network can only be used by Tesla's vehicles, though ChargePoint, which is headquartered in California, is the nation's largest chargingnetwork. though it's primarily a Level 2 network. Unlike other charging networks. ChargePoint lets each property owner set its own pricing. Many of the company's Level 2 stations are free to use, with the property owner absorbing the cost of the electricity use. Using the ChargePoint app, EV owners have access to hundreds ofthousands of charging ports across the globe, and registration is free. ADVERTISEMENT Francis Energy Francis Energy Francis Energy owns and operates 5-15 DC Fast Charging ports nationwide. It started with a statewide EV fast-charging network in Oklahoma and is currently working on other fast-charging projects in 24 U.S. states. The company's goal is to continue to expand across America's heartland to help reduce range anxiety and increase EV adoption in areas where EV charging infrastructure is lacking. Greenlots Shell EV Charging Solutions Americas Greenlots. which is headquartered in Los Angeles. was acquired by Royal Dutch Shell in 2019. However, it kept its original name since then. In November 2021, Greenlots announced that it would be rebranded to Shell Recharge Solutions in early 202 The company has over 3000 fast-charging ports in the US. Some Shell gas stations have deployed Shell Recharge charging ports. More recently, Shell announced that it had completely converted a gas station to a Shell Recharge station, though it was in the UK. Eventually, Shell will likely convert some U.S. gas stations to EV fast-charging stations. ADVERTISEMENT Other Notable Networks Blink Charging Co. EVCorntect, EVCS and Blink also deserve mention, but they each have fewer than 200 DC Fast Charging ports nationwide. Aside from the host of non-networked fast-charging stations we previously mentioned. all other charging companies in the US. each have fewer than 100 DC Fast Charging ports deployed across the entire country. The Big Picture Tesla Motors It should be pretty clear at this point that the US. is lagging when it comes to fastcharging infrastruc and the government's help is need ow networks more quickly. The Tesla Supercharger network leads with about 57% of the 23,000 DC Fast Charging ports in the country. and sadly, only Tesla owners can use the network. at least for now. The next three leaders in DC Fast Charging 7 Electrify America. EVgo and ChargePoint 7 have just shy of 7.000 fast-charging ports combined. or about 31% of the total fast-charging points in the country. ADVERTISEMENT Add Tesla's 13.000 individual Supercharger ports to the latter 7,000, and you'll see that just four companies account for about 87 'n of all DC Fast Chargers on our shores. To put it into perspective. there are less than 10,000 EV fast-charging ports in the States that are accessible to every electric vehicle. regardless ofmake or model. Meanwhile, the country has over 150.000 gas stations. each with multiple gas pumps. While there aren't that many EVs in the US. yet, and most are Tesla's vehicles, this is beginning to change more quickly. What Is the U.S. Government's Plan for Charging Infrastructure? The White House President Biden. along with the Us. Departments of Transportation and Energy. is investing $5 billion over five years to launch a national EV charging network. Another $2.5 billion is available as part of the plan, though details about how it will be spent will not be pro ed until a later date. ADVERTISEMENT US. government ofcials stated in a press release related to the plan that it aims to help states build out a network of EV charging stations along designated \"alternative fuels corridors" on the national highway system. Under the plan, which is called The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, U.S. states must submit their individual proposals for EV infrastmcture deployment to the Joint Ofce of Energy and Transportation by Aug. 1, 2.02.2. The Federal Highway Administration will approve eligible plans by September 3.0 before providing funding. Sadly, while the infrastructure bill does allow for the deployment of DC Fast Charging stations, the majority of what actually gets built will probably be Level 2 stations. DC Fast Charging stations are 50 to 100 times more expensive than Level 2 stations, which only cost a few thousand dollars each to deploy. Level 2. charging station deployment will allow states to get more for their money, expand the infrastructure more quickly and tout their successes over other states. That said, the situation for EV owners isn't going to improve signicantly unless the money is used for the deployment of DC Fast Chargers