This is the Current Number of Public EV Chargers in the U.S.

Recharging an electric vehicle in the United States is becoming easier with the increasing number of public charging stations being installed nationwide. According to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, there are now over 183,000 publicly available charging ports in the U.S.

More than 13,000 charging ports were added in the last three months alone, almost doubling the number compared to January 2021. However, the story doesn’t end there.

The majority of public EV chargers in the U.S. are Level 2 plugs, totaling 140,387, as reported by the Joint Office. These require a 240-volt connection and can deliver between 6 and 19 kilowatts of power, resulting in charging times ranging from 4 to 10 hours, depending on the battery capacity.

In contrast, there are 43,166 DC fast charging stations, three times fewer than Level 2 plugs. These are particularly useful for long trips, as they can deliver hundreds of kilowatts of power, significantly reducing charging times compared to Level 2 plugs.

However, out of these, over 9,000 chargers are currently marked as temporarily unavailable–8,697 DC fast chargers and 775 Level 2 plugs. The Joint Office also lists 232 Level 1 charging locations with a total of 873 plugs. These operate on 120-volt connections and provide less than 6 kW of power, resulting in extended charging times, especially for completely depleted batteries.

The embedded map below allows for filtering results based on the type of plug. The most abundant public charging ports are of the J1772 variety (130,087 ports), followed by Tesla’s NACS (36,499 ports), CCS (16,925 ports), and CHAdeMO (8,687 ports).

The number of public EV chargers is expected to significantly increase in the coming years, as the Biden administration has committed billions of dollars to installing at least 500,000 EV chargers nationwide by 2030 through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. According to the Joint Office, 36 states have released their first round of solicitations, and 23 states have issued conditional awards or agreements for over 550 charging stations, each equipped with at least four DC fast charging ports.