By Enrique Kogan – Syndicate Auto News Wire
Approximately 116,00 non-Tesla EV charging stations (plugs) currently exist in the US. Less than 10 percent of those EV chargers are Level 3 fast chargers.
Tesla’s network could more than double the number of Tier 3 chargers for all EV drivers, but it only offers a small percentage of its network, minimizing the benefit to non-Tesla EVs.
Rural states would greatly benefit from Tesla’s full network access.
Tesla recently confirmed that it will open its network to non-Tesla vehicles by the end of 2024, but your contribution will provide minimal benefit to most EV drivers.
The latest study from iSeeCars confirmed that Tesla’s network could potentially more than double the number of Level 3 fast chargers available to non-Tesla EV operators.
However, Tesla will only commit 3,500 of its more than 17,000 fast chargers, or about 20 percent of its total Tier 3 network, limiting access for most EV owners.
The study also lists the states with the most and least EV chargers per capita, and identifies which states would benefit the most if Tesla opened up its entire Supercharger network to non-Tesla vehicles.
States with the most and fewest EV chargers* (per million people) as of 2022
Most Electric Vehicle Chargers
Less chargers for electric vehicles
Position
state
Total chargers (per million people)
total chargers
state
Total chargers (per million people)
total chargers
1
Vermont
998
646
Mississippi
38
111
2
California
945
36,897
Louisiana
63
287
3
Massachusetts
782
5,458
South Dakota
73
66
4
Colorado
664
3,876
Kentucky
94
423
5
Rhode Island
633
692
Indiana
99
675
6
Hawaii
618
890
West Virginia
108
191
7
Maryland
575
3,547
Alabama
108
549
8
Washington
492
3,828
Montana
111
125
9
Utah
466
1,574
Wisconsin
131
773
10
Oregon
461
1954
Arkansas
132
402
national average
349
116,200
*Excludes Tesla network chargers
Can Tesla’s Supercharger Network Help? Yes, but it won’t
Distribution of fast chargers for electric vehicles by network from 2022
Network
Fast Shippers Percentage of National
Quick charger Share with/on the network
Quantity of Quick Chargers
Total number of chargers
Tesla
60.0%
57.6%
17,248
29,960
Everyone else
40.0%
9.9%
11,479
116,200
National
19.7%
28,727
146,160
