"For E.V. owners, one quintessential American experience hitting the open road is no longer just a dream. Consider the drive from Nashville to New Orleans. This route runs about 500 miles. This route runs about 500 miles. In 2015, there was a gap of around 500 miles between fast chargers. You could stop at a slow charger which would take hours or make a detour."
"Today, it's easy. Long stretches of the trip have a charger within 10 miles. Zoom out and you can see most major highways across the country are now lined with fast chargers. That's a huge leap from the picture back in 2015. E.V. fast-charging stations in the United States have soared in number from around 1,000 a decade ago to 12,000 today, according to federal government data."
Long-distance electric driving has shifted from impractical to routinely doable on many U.S. routes due to rapid growth in fast chargers. The Nashville-to-New Orleans 500-mile example illustrates the change: a 500-mile fast-charger gap in 2015, closer to 50-mile proximity in 2020, and many stretches now within 10 miles. Most major highways are increasingly lined with fast chargers, and total U.S. fast-charging stations rose from roughly 1,000 a decade ago to about 12,000 today. New station deployment continues—around 2,000 added this year—though rural areas and smaller roadways still lag behind.
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