California now has more EV charging ports than gas nozzles

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California now has more EV charging ports than gas nozzles

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/308768

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-26/california-now-has-more-ev-charging-ports-than-gas-nozzlesOpen link View original on sopuli.xyz

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someguy3

lemmy.world

In 2024, California boasted 178,500 total EV ports compared to around 120,000 estimated gas nozzles, according to the California Energy Commission.

More than 700,000 Level 2 chargers are installed across the state in single-family homes, according to state estimates.

GreyEyedGhost reply

lemmy.ca

Those are pretty nice numbers. I was going to post that, given the time difference for refueling, you would need a lot more chargers than gas pumps for an equivalent number of vehicles, but they're already there.

hperrin

lemmy.ca

There’s some free ones too. My wife and I use them when we drive up to the Bay Area. Caltrans is awesome. It costs us about $200 to drive my truck up, and about $25 to drive her electric car up.