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ArticleNature communications2025

Finding gaps in the national electric vehicle charging station coverage of the United States.

Lily Hanig, Catherine Ledna, Destenie Nock, Corey D Harper, Arthur Yip, Eric Wood, C Anna Spurlock

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lily HanigEngineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, USA. lily.r.hanig@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1115-0608
Catherine LednaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0543-0945
Destenie NockEngineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1739-7027
Corey D HarperCivil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Arthur YipNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-6507
Eric WoodNational Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO, USA.
C Anna SpurlockLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8573-661X

Funding

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2024-22563National Science Foundation (NSF) DGE1745016 & DGE2140739U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC36-08GO28308U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DEEE0010640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The United States federal government has invested $7.5 billion into charging infrastructure, including the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program, to build fast charging stations along designated highways for long-distance car travel. We develop a consecutive coverage metric to compute the percent of United States roads (traffic-weighted) that are consecutively accessible within 500 miles of each county. We answer (1) what the state of consecutive coverage is in each county and (2) what the increase in coverage is when designated highways receive fast chargers. In 2023, 10% of counties had at least 75% minimum viable coverage. We find that if all designated highways receive fast-charging stations, 94% of United States counties will reach at least 75% fast charger coverage. However, the remaining counties are rural. This demonstrates that federal funding for fast chargers will help connect most-but not all-counties to the national network of continuously accessible charging stations.

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PMID39870614
PMCPMC11772696

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