4.1 Million EV Charging Stations

[JamesMcQuaid]

New Study Predicts Approximately 4.1 Million EV Charging Stations By 2017

http://insideevs.com/new-study-predi...tions-by-2017/

With strong demand for green cars, the use of Government backed incentives, and evolving technology, the boom for electric and plug-in hybrids has just begun. To analyze the future based on present figures, a new study from Frost and Sullivan, that was released last week, states that the charging infrastructure of America will be around 4.1 million stations strong by 2017.

[MrEnergyCzar]

There's about 3,000 now in the states, with 10,000 predicted by winter which seems a little high. We'll see. At $2 per hour you only get 5 miles per dollar which is like $8 per gallon.....

MrEnergyCzar

[JamesMcQuaid]

Most of those projected are not commercial installs, which explains the large number of 110-volt. This projection includes private and non-profits.

[Statik]

There's about 3,000 now in the states, with 10,000 predicted by winter which seems a little high. We'll see. At $2 per hour you only get 5 miles per dollar which is like $8 per gallon.....

MrEnergyCzar

There is about 9,500 public charging stations in the US atm..at least according to Ford and their new MyFord Mobile App press release yesterday:

Ford’s MyFord Mobile App and Batteries Allow Customers to Benefit from More Than 9,400 U.S. Public Charging Stations
http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=36846


As for the study, I'm not sure you can count 110v receptacles as charging stations...I think the count might be a little low even now if that were the case, (=

The crux of the article would be the million L2/L3 they predict by 2017, which would be one for about every plug-in car on the road. So maybe a even a scootch high there, but who doesn't love to make predictions?

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