Will Charging Infrastructure Become Overbuilt? | New DCFC Partnerships | Coast-to-Coast EVs 19

How well does the EV charging infrastructure in North America serve the market in 2024? With EV adoption breaking 10% of new vehicle sales and used EV sales strong, are we close to overburdening the public charging stations available, or in the pipeline for the near future?This installment of Coast-to-Coast EVs focuses on a discussion we had in June, where the idea of "overbuilding" charging infrastructure was raised. It generated some vibrant debate in the comments and we promised to unpack the idea further, so here's your chance!The discussion considers all angles of the charging buildout in the United States and Canada to answer a simple question: are we at risk of building more chargers than we need?We also cover a busy week of new charging partnerships, from Toyota swelling the IONNA ranks to eight OEMs to BP Pulse becoming the latest entrant to increasingly crowded parking lots at Simon Properties and Mercedes-Benz juicing up I-5 with new Alpitronic 400 kW Hyperchargers at Starbucks locations.Timestamps:0:00 - Start1:15 - NEWS: New Charging Partnerships13:10 - Viewer Intros & Comments18:37 - DCFC Overbuild... Are We Kidding?!22:00 - The Risk of Overemphasizing Travel Charging28:30 - The Chargers We Need Differ By User Groups31:00 - DCFC By the (NREL) Numbers34:15 - Viewer Comments on DCFC Needs42:00 - Build for Current Owners or Future Adopters?50:29 - Can Overbuilding Stoke EV Adoption?1:01:33 - Without Reliability, Overbuilding Ain't Helping1:05:57 - Public Supercharger Access + Broader Distribution of DCFC Demand1:10:03 - Viewer Closing Comments1:21:17 - CloseIf you enjoy what we do and would like to see more, please consider fueling the channel with a cup of joe on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/plugandplayev -- we'll even put your name on the cup! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.