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Ok, the near 100K EV car market has stalled.

Regardless not enough charging stations exist for me, if I’m going to buy a car I want to be able to drive it cross country.



Unless you live in Dakotas, there are likely enough fast charging stations nearby for any trip.

For travels along the coasts, it doesn't even require planning. Just hop in and start driving.


It’s not clear those stations are going to be around much longer.

https://electrek.co/2025/02/21/trump-to-shut-down-all-8000-e...

Do you really want to buy a new EV and risk your local charging station shutting down in 18 months


The stations near Federal buildings are slow chargers, they don't matter for road trips. Most fast chargers are commercial, and are not susceptible to Trump's meddling.

You can use Plugshare to look up stations near you. Set the filter to 100kW or faster charging.


The Dakotas are fine. They're better covered than Saskatchewan and we visited there in a Tesla. Superchargers on the highway, the friends and family we visited all had welders so had high amperage 240V, and campgrounds also let us charge overnight.


> Ok, the near 100K EV car market has stalled.

Meh. The near 100k EV market was never going to make a serious impact on GHG emissions, nor save consumers much in fuel costs.

Bring on the near 30K market.




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