Inside the slow rollout of electric vehicle charging stations 

It never slowed Tesla. They average over 20 charging stalls installed PER WEEK. And they plan to be at 30 plus per week by the end of this year. And over 50 per week by the end of 2025. And for anyone ready this who has never looked it up, search the web for the Tesla supercharger map. You will see that there are Superchargers already everywhere in the US. And they have a 99.96% reliability rate. And with them opening up their network this year in stages, charger anxiety will disappear, just like it disappeared for Tesla drivers years ago. This is the biggest thing that has happened to EVs since Tesla itself. By the way, "range anxiety" is something that only none EV drivers believe in.

Why is there so much obsession with public charging stations? I've owned an EV for a while now and I almost never use public charging stations. Even before I had a proper charger installed in my driveway (I don't have a garage), I just used a wall outlet. My job let me just run a cord from their outdoor wall outlet as well. The discussion should be about bringing home charging to more people. You don't need an expensive setup. Unless you're driving a significant distance every day to work, you just need a regular 120v plug. If you can run a toaster, you can charge an EV. Several people at my last apartment just ran a cord out their window.

5:09 It certainly sounds like you're attempting to influence the market here. The short answer is, no, the public charging infrastructure shouldn't dissuade people from buying an EV. Unlike gas cars, EVs can charge up at home or work every day, so EV owners wake up to a "full tank" most days. A majority of the time, public charging is a moot point. Luckily, most people no longer follow mainstream media, and it's due primarily to stories like this. Clearly, that is the case because despite everything you've reported here, last year was a record for U.S. EV sales, even with an overall slowdown in the new car market (inflation, economic insecurity, record high interest rates, etc.).

Didn’t mention that 90-95% of charging happens at home. Too many people are comparing filling up an ice car to charging an ev. It’s not the same mind set. Diving an EV requires a change in habits, expectations and mindset. The psychological shift is likely to be the biggest hurdle for Americans.

"Plug-in EV"...he means 'Plug-in hybrid'. All EVs "plug in", that's how you charge them. What this whole report fails to mention is that the vast majority (95%+) of charging happens at home while you sleep. Public chargers are really only needed for long distance journeys. Thinking that you need to rely on public charging just to own an EV is very 'gas car' thinking. The reality is you charge at home and wake up every day with a 'full tank' if you want to. For most people most of the time that's plenty to do what you need to do in a day. I never use the public chargers in my city, I only need the public chargers that are four hours away from me when I travel.

You can tell the reporters don't understand EVs. The real advantage is being able to charge at home. I've been driving a leaf for 2 years, and only use public chargers occasionally--relying on chademo. And yeah, tesla has much better fast charging infrastructure than ccs or chademo. Tesla is also starting to license their chargers to other automakers, which will help a lot.

Meanwhile, in Sweden, they just unveiled a highway that recharges electric vehicles as they are driven. Power on the go. And we're whining about charging stations. Our trains barely make 100 mph. Japan and Europe have trains that go almost three times as fast. But, by all means, keep blindly chanting "we're number one!"

How about this. Instead of renting an EV to pretend you're someone qualified to report on the EV owning experience, buy and EV and live with it for a while. Then get back to us. Right now, most of the mainstream EV news reporting is coming from tourists.

I have a 2013 Tesla with 172,000 miles. I have road tripped flawlessly all over the country. Please tell people that Tesla has it nailed and the other companies are so far behind.

Nothing about tesla and their amazing supercharging network ... of course.

They never mentioned Tesla in this. I live in Vegas and have traveled to parts of Arizona and California multiple times with out any issues finding charging spots. Most hotels include free charging if you self park. When I'm home, I never use charging stations because I charge at home. I could see if you live in an apartment or rent an EV other than a Tesla, It could be a problem.

That's why I drive a Tesla. Fantastic charging network. None of that nonsense from other companies.

I'm stumped how there’s a new report discussing an already antiquated charging standard. One of the major reasons people are gravitating toward NACS (North American Charging Standard, akin to Tesla charging) is its widespread availability and reliability. However, this report seems to echo the issues we’ve been aware of for some time. Why focus on a broken system that everyone is fed up with and moving away from? CBS, consider hiring reporters who recognize that the EV landscape in 2024 and beyond will be vastly different for EV owners. As for those public destination chargers, they’re primarily for convenience during shopping trips. Most of us charge our EVs at home, unless we’re dealing with older models that have limited range. It’s 2024-scrap this outdated report! 🚗🔌🌟

Yes, 3rd party charging providers need to up their game, no question. The most promising solution is that Tesla will be allowing other EVs to use its Superchargers by the end of this year with plug adapters. That will make a huge difference!

The biggest problem with the EV network currently is its fragmentation and presentation. Public EV chargers should work just like standard fuel pumps with respect to payment. You should be able to use any credit card or debit card just as you would a fuel pump to pay for a charge regardless of who owns the charger. You shouldn't have to use an app or log in to an account. One other factor holding back public EV charging is the lack of buy-in from businesses particularly gas stations. That may come down to economics. A single fuel pump can service many more vehicles than a charge station. A single EV needs about 30 min to fully charge using DC fast charging. In that same time, one could fuel up at least 3-4 ICE vehicles at a higher profit per car. And for other businesses that depend on frequent turnover of parking spaces for revenue, they would be very reluctant to tie up several spaces for charging vehicles unless they charge a premium on top of what the charging station company charges.

Putting level two chargers on street Lampost is actually a great idea. How come no other city does this?

Norway is going to be selling 100% EVs by 2025 (they are already at 80% EVs) and the US still can't figure this out. Granted, we're orders of magnitude larger and Americans would rather look cool and spend $500/month on gas than drive a quiet electric car, but still it's a bit embarrassing to see people still choosing gas when EVs are better in pretty much every category. When you can charge at home, it's a game-changer. And in 2025 when every new vehicle is on NACS and the Supercharger network, things should improve even more.

I think there are many issues that's causing the slow rollout. The failure of the Electrify America project slowed progress in building a strong EV charging infrastructure; and the lack of a real standard for fast charging. Many auto makers are ditching CHAdeMO to adopted NACS for their vehicles in 2025, but with this change EV charging infrastructure projects that were in the works need to be delay to adopt the NACS fast charging standard. I think it won't be until 2035 or 2040 before the US have a wide and resilient EV charging infrastructure.

Charpoint chargers are already the biggest infrastructure out there, but imagine if they could charge even faster! Upgrading to higher kilowatt charging and expanding their network would be a game-changer! 🔋💨

EV's make great cars. Better than ICE cars in almost every way. But the public charging network, which is already good if you include Tesla, needs to get better at a faster rate.

This is a hit piece on Tesla by not mentioning them or their charging network. Tesla is doing fine and that includes building out their network.

Charge at your house

The standard going forward is the NACS plug. Any new charging stations need to have that connector. There will be a need for CCS or adapters for a while but the target should be to get all the stations to the new standard. We also need signage. We have public information sighs for Food, Lodging, Gas, etc. But I have not seen EV charging signs on highways even in places they exist. The stations also need everything gas stations have now. Food, drinks, bathrooms, washer fluid, air pumps for tires, well lit with signs by the highway. Most gas stations don't make enough on gas to exist and we should expect chargers to be the same way in time. They need stores. Also, 15% of gas buyers pay in cash. What are they going to do?

I have owned a Tesla for almost 3 years now and I haven’t used a charging station in 2 years and I live in a apartment complex I just decided to invest in 2 100 ft nema 14-50 level 2 extension cable for my apartment building that goes from my dryer outlet through the window and out my car, personally I find it more convenient to charge my car at night while I’m sleeping rather than going to a supercharger station

Currently only about 7 are actively in progress to be built. Today date is September 13, 2024.

1:44 Imagine the outrage if 35% of gas pumps were out of order, in any US city? DOT needs to do its job and get busy fixing this unholy mess.

EV lease costs and residuals are now both very bad. Hence move to hybrids.

This is fake news... rent a tesla and stop comparing garbage cans to the future of transportation.

Charging off light poles poses even more risks, a really bad idea...

What do you expect from EA? They were a product of VW's diesel gate.

You gave the job of expanding EV charging infrastructure to the government. Their top priorities are DEI and benefits packages for workers, acutally getting stuff done doesn't matter. They will just demand more money when they fail.

Got our home station in mid August a week after we took delivery on 2024 Hyundai Ioniq5. Obviously no issues with our day to day local trips. But there needs to be more infrastructure. Last weekend planned a 400+mile round trip to visit relatives in North East PA. Interstate 81 is pretty hilly so we knew the car was going to need a change. And we were not willing extend the range by by running in eco mode with the climate control off. There were a (very) few L2 chargers available, but only one L3 that was convenient. Our Hyundai can fast charge on a 350 kW DC charger from 10 to 80% in 18 minutes. Pulled into the station at 20%. Unfortunately one charger was out of order, looked like someone had run over the connector, the other delivered much less than 350kW. After 45 minutes had enough charge to make it home. BTW: just discovered it’s against federal regulations to install EV charging stations at rest stops on federal highways.

Why didn't they make power cords like a USB cords? No worry about cur cable theft and it won't matter what car you have as long as it plugs into the charger.

The term is "Plug-in hybrids" not "Plug-in EVs". Get your terminology right or I can't take you seriously.

They are all "Plug In" EV's. He was speaking about PHEV's but didn't know the term.

$5B in federal funds for EV station, and to date, only 8 new EV stations have been built on this program. American tax-payer getting the shaft, again.

I have a Tesla and in my five years, I’ve never used a ev charger. I have one at home….

Have republicans done anything useful this century? Can anyone name one real thing?

Tesla's Superchargers are 99.5% available. And if a station is not available, the Tesla App will route you to another Supercharger. Tesla's already got this. And they've built most of chargers without Federal government wastefully spending money it doesn't have.

While carmakers are ramping up their rollouts of electric vehicles? what? What planet are you living on...? Here on Earth the EV market has predictably crashed, due to buyers realising they have been deceived about EVs in every single way... The dealers cannot sell them, so the manufacturers are halting production lines

If you hv to rely on public charging, then EV may not be for you right now. Charge at home to get the full benefits.

The best chargers are Tesla supecharger. Always working.

Just saw this news story of a section of highway being remodeled to charge the EVs as they drive thru it. Which was cool but we don't need this super expensive tech when charging stations are a bigger issue that cost less per person. True it was a test, but why do it to a public highway? That technology is better served in parking lot where EVs can literally just park and charge up. Maybe block it off and require an ev car to check in to charge, much like parking garages.

Charging stations don't work without huge supplies of electricity...bad joke on America from Biden

Tesla. Left out the main player. 😢

How hard is it to make a reliable charger?

It's nothing but a giant scam.

It was interesting that when David Schecter was asked whether the lack of an adequate public charging network was holding back EV sales, he chose to not answer that directly, instead replying that automakers are shifting some production from EVs to more plug-in hybrid and regular hybrid vehicles. The answer should have been "Yes," (along with EV cost) and that it will be years before there is a public charging network of adequate number and - hopefully - greater reliability to accommodate the growing number of EVs. We are nowhere near that, yet.

Waste of money!

Really hoping that there will be EV fast furious movies very soon into future. Wow. Don Quixote and.Sancho Panza.😅😅😅😅😅😅

Need to figure out how to create franchise for EV chargers so someone can make a profit. The lure of money will speed up the creation of charging stations.

0:42 More like.... More Electric Vehicles, more damage done to the planet through aggressive mining operations somewhere else...

Ev sales are avtually going down. U guys are all hype.

The lack of understanding in this reporting is funny/not funny. Charge at home. I live in an apartment and we have level 2 chargers. It's not that hard.

Electric cars do not reduce pollution, they just create it somewhere else.

Government should get out of EV charging business and maybe they would be far more successful as gas stations were never government.

free copper lol

#ButtigiegFailure

Lol EV is dying

Its more like a "roll OVER"! Bwa ha ha!

Made in Jyna.

Problems up with the 12,000 battery pack replacement within 4 to 5 years. Electric cars weigh twice as much as their gas counterpart and go right through rails on the highway. Insurance companies are you going to borrow you from house insurance or make you park out of your garage because of the fire hazard. And everybody knows how well they perform in any weather at below freezing

Those level 2 free chargers could take 14 hours or more to charge a full electric vehicle. So, how is this of any help to someone who needs to" fill up" on the road?

97% charger reliability 😂😂 sounds like the payout percentage from a casino.

🥇🌀🇨🇳🌀🥇

Hybrids are the answer

if I was a stup!d I'd definitely buy one

Nothing like waiting in line to charge your car for 30-50 minutes. You better have a lot of patience and time on your hands to own an electric car. They don’t go far enough and take forever to charge. Hence the reason after two years of ownership I sold my electric BMW and went to a high MPG Mercedes. The charging has a long way to go. They need to have at least two fast chargers at every gas station before I go electric again. Plus when I get 550 miles to a tank of fuel and can fill up anywhere within 5 minutes compared to 200-250 miles for a 30-50 minute charge, it’s a no brainer

Woke cars; woke problems

Miguel Sangalang,bureau of street lighting. Just read it again. And now stop laughing. Miguel the street lamp.

Mellisa Lot . EV charger expert? She is a women at first and then where she gain her expertise over the short period of the time EVs are around. Give me a break. Expert. Yeaaaahhhh.

I love my hybrid, and I will stick with hybrids until they figure out charger availability and speed of the charger. Cars aren't the only impact on the environment. There will still be an issue beyond the car.

Slow roll out of slow charging stations.

myth it reduces greenhouse gas all you do is offset the carbon emmison to a powerplant, we still use fossel fuels to mine, transport and all the way to end consumer is fossiel fuels, to maintain the car cost fossiel fuels,

4:40 Please be a little more comprehensive in your reporting. Yes, only four NEVI-funded sites have been brought online as of Feb 2024, two years after the infrastructure bill was signed into law. However, that doesn't provide the entire picture. A year or more of that time was spent in planning and rule making, meaning those four sites have really gone from initial site planning to being open to the public in less than a year. More importantly, NEVI funding is only a small aspect of the EV charging infrastructure growth. GM, Mercedes, and even Walmart have funded the EV charging build out to the point that nearly one new charging station has come online every day over the last three to four months. While those sites meet or exceed NEVI standards, they don't fall under NEVI funding. So in very real terms, the EV charging infrastructure is being built out 10 to 20 times faster than what you're attempting to present in this video. What's really sad is, I'm not even counting Electrify America or Tesla's build out in those totals. As an EV and charging infrastructure expert, I would give this report a "Pants on Fire" Snopes rating.

It’s crazy how hardly any of these issues affect Tesla. If legacy car makers hadn’t been so busy lobbying and trying to cripple EV adoption, they could’ve moved to speed up the standardization of plugs and charging equipment. The fragmented network and unreliable chargers are their fault, now that it seems EVs aren’t going anywhere they need to work twice as hard to get things working.

Buys a Tesla unless you can reliably charge at home - until the infrastructure is built out and fully functional.

Interesting that the report makes no reference to Tesla and the Supercharging network. I’ve owned a Tesla for over three years and have never had an issue with charging my vehicle when I travel between Denver and Phoenix. Many of the legacy car manufacturers are switching to the NACS (Tesla plug) which will allow non-Tesla owners to use the Supercharging network.

New tech roll out would never be possible without hiccups and bumps along the road and that's just a fact. The main thing is that it's going in the right direction, albeit slow in some cases. I also wish the nay sayers and haters would refrain from destroying public charging infrastructure. If you listen to the noise of the market, you will never be able to buy what you need. Do what works for you and strive to be happy - Electric or gas.

Tesla has the best charging infrastructure, which has taken ten years to build out world wide. This is why Tesla sales demand is still stronger over other EV manufacturers.

As always, these reports leave out the MAJOR difference between Tesla Vehicles & Chargers vs the others. There is VAST difference in reliability in chargers and speed. Tesla vehicles communicate with their chargers so you know if they work and if they are available or not - before you leave for your destination. Other car makers don't have charging networks. they rely on third parties, that aren't so good and don't have good communication.t

" COME ON MAN " tell the truth , " Ramping Down a Little Bit ' That's a Big Fat Lie , The Dealers want NONE .

Gas pumps have a 99 percent up time

Even Musk has given up on public charging. He now knows that all EV charging in the future will be done at home.

This is crucial that we get this done, the noise level of cars and motorcycles is getting out of hand as the world population increases.

Why don't we just put the cords on the cars individually instead of the charger itself. I still don't know why we are so used to the gas pump design when it sucks with electronics.

Had the reporter rented a Tesla and used the Supercharger network, chances are this story would've been boring because it just works. So of course they have to go with non-Tesla charging and EVs in order to make up something that might be remotely interesting to most people. I've taken my Model Y to various US National Parks such as Death Valley, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, and have even driven it around Lake Michigan. All made possible thanks to the Superchargers. Very rare that I ran into any that didn't work, and if it didn't, there was always another one I could try. In some cases I even saw a technician fixing broken ones while I was charging nearby at a working stall. They also make it as user friendly as possible. The car will add superchargers along the way on your trip, and will tell you how long to charge for to continue your trip for those who don't want to take chances. It will also take temperature, elevation, and windspeed into account as it doesn't want to get stranded any more than you would. In some cases, if your supercharger destination is busy, it will even reroute you while you're on your way to a less busy one along the same route. If it can't, it will at least warn you that said supercharger is experiencing wait times. More experienced Tesla drivers can speed this up considerably via "Supercharger hopping" where you charge just enough to reach the next supercharger at around 5-10% battery, then immediately head out instead of waiting another 15-20 minutes. Though you have to make more stops, your overall travel is faster because you're spending less time at each supercharger stop than if you deep charged at one since EV's charge faster when the battery is low. Little things like this is why almost every automaker has announced that they're switching to using Tesla's Superchargers. The other non-Tesla DC fast charging stations are largely unreliable due to being broken much of the time, or it gets really busy because they don't have enough charging stations for the amount of EV's needing a charge. While Tesla also has wait times at busier places, they are constantly expanding and opening new superchargers to alleviate the load and give Tesla drivers more options on where to charge. Soon most other EV's will have very similar options as well as their particular EV's are allowed access to Superchargers.

They make charging an EV look like the "before" from an infomercial, I guess I'm just a genius. Do you like buying gas, oil changes, timing belt change, also time and money

Ha , Ha , Looks like Self Service is going away , Now they will have to pay an attendent . At Least $50 Dollars an Hour per Attendent , time how many Attendents ?

I don't know the percentage of people that charge from home, but this stat can't be understated. Not everyone can charge from home though.

At this point, hybrids are the way to go. The EV technology is just not there yet for my money.

They are slowing down production.....nice try though.....NO one is buying them......

In California, landlords and HOAs are required to accept any tenant's written request to install charging equipment for their own use. The law also states that tenants must pay additional electrical costs, which may be added to their rent.

And my state won’t even let contracts until 2025. The capital city has an Electrify America charging station that has been completed except for the final electrical connection since June 2023.

28% of even San Francisco's chargers are failing at any time. 35% of Miami's chargers are offline. AS much as Americans drive day and night everywhere we just don't have the patience for bankrupted EV Charging here when it's freaking 24° parked on the street. When we get off work we don't want to spend the next hour at EVgo topping off to 80% battery for the next day. If EVgo even works.

One hour+ to charge. 😂

Federal government ruins another thing.

What about all the hazardous materials dug up out of the and they're charged up with coal

Gas pumps for light passenger vehicles can deliver about 10 US gallons per minute, and they are ubiquitous. It takes one minute to fill our Toyota hybrid from empty, and I don't need a stupid phone app to do it. If EVs are so great, why do the climate hysterics have to ban alternatives?

Only if credit card readers don't fail all the time and forcing you to use the app.