There was a change in what moves California.
The load ports of electric vehicles are now more numerous than gas nozzles across the Golden State, a sign of the growing number of zero -on -the -road vehicles. But the milestone arrives as the federal government has moved to prioritize the lag of petrol cars.
California has regularly raised its EV load network with public and private loading ports in recent years. In 2024, California boasted of 178,500 EV total ports Compared to around 120,000 estimated gas nozzles, according to California Energy Commission.
The number of chargers accessible through California has almost doubled since 2022. Since August, the last time these figures have been updated publicly, the State has recorded around 26,000 EV chargers accessible to the additional public.
The Commission estimates that more than 162,000 chargers are level 2, which can provide approximately 14 to 35 miles of autonomy per hour of load, and almost 17,000 are considered rapid chargers – which makes the juice of a vehicle in a few minutes. However, many hybrid vehicles are not equipped to operate with fast chargers.
According to state estimates, more than 700,000 level 2 chargers are installed through the state in single -family houses.
All this expansion takes place while California aims to ban the Sale of gas vehicles in the state by 2035 – Although these plans were criticized by the Trump administration and the Republicans of the Congress.
“The experience of the California EV driver improves day by day,” said CEC president David Hochschild, in a statement. “The state will continue to invest massively in EV infrastructure, with a particular accent in difficult to access areas, which makes these vehicles an easy choice for new cars buyers.”
Part of the spectacular increase in state -of -scale count is due to new data sources following the operational chargers, although there has also been a sharp increase in the new installed chargers, the agency said. About 73,500 chargers were incorporated into state data in 2024, but only about 38,000 of them were newly installed chargers.
At the national level, the electric vehicle market must now pile up with a major obstacle: the White House. THE The Trump administration reported fierce opposition And took measures to reverse the policies promulgated by former Biden President who aimed to strengthen the electric vehicle market and eliminate gas vehicles – including the objective for electric vehicles to build half of the new cars sold in the United States by 2030.
The federal government has interrupted a subsidy of $ 15 million to extend the Oregon electric vehicle load network, according to The Portland Business Journaland the Miami Herald reports a similar model For Florida's plans to build more EV load ports.
In August, The US Ministry of Transport Awarded 29 states, eight tribes recognized by the federal government and the Columbia district $ 521 million to extend the country's electric vehicle charges. California has received nearly $ 150 million for the construction of more than 9,200 EV load ports, with $ 15 million intended to build them in poorly served communities in the County of Los Angeles.
Throughout the country and Puerto Rico, there are more than 77,300 EV charging stations and around 216,400 public ports, according to the latest federal data in the Joint energy and transport office.
