Many drivers remain not sold on switching their gas-powered vehicles for electric vehicles because they fear the cars won't be reliable, they lack access to charging infrastructure, or they have so-called “range anxiety.'
, D.C., resident Kayla Maurer drives a hybrid vehicle to her workplace in Silver Spring. And while she said she is open to the idea of purchasing an EV at some point, she said a lack of charging access at home poses a challenge, at least for now.
of ensuring that 50% of new cars sold are EVs by 2030. Achieving this sales target requires reaching drivers who live in rural areas, with fewer public chargers, or urban areas, where off-street parking is scarce.and subsidies for EVs. Under the Inflation Reduction Act, consumers can receive up to $7,500 in tax credits designed to help offset high upfront EV costs.
Reporting an outage at a public charging station can also be difficult — as can accessing up-to-date information about where to find reliable chargers. “Not only is the availability of public charging still an obstacle, but EV owners continue to be faced with charging station equipment that is inoperable,” Brent Gruber, the director of global automotive at JD Power,The U.S. saw 282,000 EV sales in the fourth quarter of 2022, a 51% jump compared to the same period in 2021, according to a new report from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
Public chargers can be intimidating since there is no"one size fits all" model for EVs — that is to say, not all public EV chargers work on all electric vehicles, nor do all chargers give off the same amounts of power to all EVs.“Most people today are just [operating based on] what they know, which is driving a gas-powered vehicle,” said Matt Teske, the founder and CEO of ChargeWay, an app that helps connect EV drivers with local charging stations.
Geographic constraints are another limiting factor. A total of 30% of all public charging infrastructure in the U.S. is located in California, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Other factors, such as cold weather, slow average EV charging speeds. According to Brennan Electric, the average EV will receive approximately 36% less power when charging at 32 degrees than it would if charged for the same duration at 77 degrees.
One driver recounted a scary experience driving through Vail with a 6% battery and an infant in the back seat while his battery percentage"dropped like a rock."
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