Greener Living
The US is Adding EV Chargers at a Record Pace
Despite cuts to electric vehicle incentives, the US charging network continues to expand at a rapid clip.
A Kia electric sports utility vehicle charges at a station outside the Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Photographer: Erin Trieb/BloombergAmericans just lost federal tax credits for buying an electric vehicle, but charging one has grown more convenient in recent months.
About 780 public high-speed charging stations opened in the US in the third quarter, the largest such infrastructure boom on record, according to Department of Energy data. The nation’s charging infrastructure expanded by 19% in the first nine months of the year.