” that aims to more than double the number of stations and chargers by the end of 2025. Serious hardware problems got in the way of that plan, forcing the company to slow down. But, another recent announcement shows us that the company feels it’s ready to move back to growth.The original 2021 Boost Plan had specific goals for the end of 2025: 1800 DC fast charger stations and 10,000 charging stalls.
a few stations got bad enough that they were damaging vehicles, and smoke was coming from the power cabinets of othershad to slow growth down majorly to focus on upgrading these older stations The Electrify America charging experience isn’t perfect, but the company is now getting to the point where the focus doesn’t need to be on fixing up problems.With all of this backstory in mind, we can now look at something important in a recent EA press release:
Now that the company can put new charging hardware at new stations instead of replacing old ones, growth can happen at a better pace again. According to the company’s website, there are currently 900 locations with over 4,000 stalls in total. So, going to 5,000 stations by the end of the year is a significant push.
If you think NEVI money is going to solve this problem entirely, you’ll be disappointed. On top of charging stations from this program taking 10 years or more to all get put in, the final goal is to only put four stalls every 50 or less miles on designated “zero emissions corridors”. To be an eligible corridor, the highway must be listed as part of the