Nearly 70% of the miles of the 10 longest interstates is now within 10 miles of a fast EV charger, but range anxiety is 'stuck in people's heads' | Fortune

"For most Americans, there's less reason than ever to worry about finding chargers to fuel up an electric vehicle. But charging worries remain a top hesitation for potential buyers, second only to sticker shock. Those concerns linger even as fast chargers multiply. More than 12,000 have been added within a mile of U.S. highways and interstates just this year, an Associated Press analysis of data from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows. That's about a fifth of quick-charging ports now in operation."

"Yet a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago finds about 4 in 10 of U.S. adults still point to range and charging time as "major" reasons they wouldn't buy an EV. That's significant considering only about 2 in 10 Americans say they would be "extremely" or "very" likely to make a new or used electric vehicle their next car purchase."

"Daphne Dixon, leader of a nonprofit that advocates for clean transportation, has been trying to fight. She has taken a coast-to-coast road trip in an EV each year since 2022. Always sporting hot pink and waving a bubblegum checkered race flag to match, Dixon posts snapshots of the charging experience along her 3,000-mile (4,828-kilometer) route, hoping to "bust" Americans' anxiety about range and charging."

Fast chargers have multiplied, with more than 12,000 added within a mile of U.S. highways and interstates this year, representing about one-fifth of quick-charging ports in operation. Despite that growth, about four in ten U.S. adults say range and charging time are major reasons they would not buy an electric vehicle. Only about two in ten Americans say they would be extremely or very likely to make a new or used electric vehicle their next car purchase. Daphne Dixon, leader of a clean transportation nonprofit, conducts annual coast-to-coast EV road trips and shares charging snapshots to reduce anxiety about range and charging.

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