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Posted on 05/26/2025 9:03:50 AM PDT by Signalman
Sales of electric vehicles are on the rise in the United States, but the road ahead for charging infrastructure looks a whole lot bumpier. Despite growing interest in EVs, the pace of building high-speed chargers isn’t just lagging, it’s actively falling behind. Add in looming policy shifts under the Trump administration, and the gap between supply and demand could widen even further.
It’s understood that the number of high-speed EV chargers being installed across the US dropped more than 21% through the first quarter compared to last year. With this in mind, BloombergNEF has cut its expectations for EV installations this year from 360,000 to 285,000 units. The trend doesn’t look promising.
“If we continue in this direction, BNEF’s outlook for annual US charger installations in 2030 could be adjusted downward by 30% or more,” analyst Ash Wang said, pointing to a possible long-term impact if the current pace doesn’t pick up.
Charger Goals Slipping Into Reverse
Shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump suspended federal funding for EV chargers. Those funds were supposed to be distributed to states through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which allocated $5 billion over five years to install chargers in every state across the country. The aim was to jumpstart installation efforts across the country and prepare the grid for rising EV demand. Without it, momentum has started to slow noticeably.
EV Owners May Soon Find There’s Nowhere Left To Plug In According to the Department of Energy, there are currently just over 208,000 public charging ports in the US. On paper, that sounds like progress. But to match projected EV and PHEV sales growth, roughly 174,000 new charging points need to be added every single year. Falling behind now makes catching up later exponentially harder, not to mention, a lot more expensive too.
Investment Stalls as Support Fades
As reported by Bloomberg, S&P Global believes that by halting government support for charging infrastructure they’ll be less private investments in the sector, leading to plug scarcity and negatively impacting EV owners.
“President Biden’s ridiculous EV initiative promised much but delivered nothing, leaving American taxpayers to cover the cost of crony deals that enriched the Democrats’ base,” White House spokesman Harrison Fields said when recently asked about the slowdown in charging infrastructure. “President Trump was elected to dismantle the Green New Scam, and he is fully committed to doing so.”
Politics aside, the numbers show a troubling mismatch. EVs are being sold, but the support network they need isn’t keeping pace. Unless policy and investment align with that growth, infrastructure could become the weakest link in the EV transition.
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I rarely notice the charging stations.
But when I do there is often nobody using them.
Probably more a regional thing. EVs are not popular in this area.
Very popular here in raleigh with all our h1bs.
Bidens gubmint got billions to build them. Where did the money go??
They can always plug into their home station...
or if they are a Karen, their neighbors home station.
Kind of why Hybrids make more sense. The car charges itself.
A local Walmart supercenter has torn up a good sized chunk of their parking lot and put a bunch in. The local gas station has put in a few, and Chase Bank is putting some in.
Of course, the Walmart is one exit from a Tesla dealer, and the gas station in question is about 4 blocks from the dealer, so this might not apply to all areas. But around here, there are plenty of places for South Asians (ok, I see some Teslas in the parking lot of the Korean church as well) to charge.
With more nuclear clean energy production in President Trump’s energy policy, there will be more electricity for electric cars.
I don’t want my tax dollars going to charging stations.
“EV Owners May Soon Find There’s Nowhere Left To Plug In”
Alarmist! EV owners can plug-in at their house, as home owners are the only people able to spring for extra cars, to, you know, “make a statement”.
My daughter loves her EV made by Chevrolet. She charges the car at home, and uses it to commute to work and shopping. Works very well for that use. Never have to stop for gas.
I REPEAT:
Attention tinkerers and entrepreneurs....There is going to be a niche market for charging trailers:
A small tow-behind alternator-trailer and conversion kit to make any EV capable of long distance travel, or have self charging capability.
It could also have the option of a non-trailered kit for installation in the back of an EV pickup or existing travel trailer.
Neighbor across the street recently bought an EV.
Went on an 8 day vacation a couple of weeks ago and opted to drive their ICE vehicle for the trip instead of the battery suv for this very reason......concern over charge station availability.
EVs are impractical for several reasons IMO.....if you can’t charge it, it’s basically a boat anchor.
Demand is greater than supply. What could go wrong?
Remember when The Government subsidized gas stations because the audie-mo-bile might just catch on and it couldn’t be expected to pay for itself?
There is a Tesla stealership in my area. It used to be a supermarket so there is a huge parking lot in front of the building.
As a rough guess, there are at least 150 parking spaces in that lot and right now, it is full of unsold cars and a few Cyberurinals.
The government doesn’t build local gas stations, so why should it fund EV stations?
They can always plug into their home station...
or if they are a Karen, their neighbors home station.
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That’s OK until you head cross-country. You’re imprisoned to within you town.
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Kind of why Hybrids make more sense. The car charges itself.
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Hybrids are OK in my exalted and oversized opinion.
Aunt has one, this is her third. She loves her Toyota Prius. No battery changes in any of them.
We drove from central Kansas down to Atlanta GA area in her second one. Ran good, A little short on power for me, reasonably comfortable for a two-day run.
I did most of the driving and I am not gentle. Got 57 mpg.
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