California reached a crucial new goal last week regarding its target for EV adoption. Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that there is one electric vehicle charging station for every five gas stations in California, the most populous U.S. state and the state that is very far ahead of the rest of the country regarding the number of EVs on the road.
Sales of plug-in vehicles in the state nudged up slightly in the first quarter of this year. While California claims that if it were its own country, it would rank fourth in the world for EV sales, Newsom used April’s development in the charging station count to show off a Ford Mustang Mach-E at a Tesla Supercharger station, highlighting the automakers that have agreed to adopt the NACS charging standard on their vehicles.