Electric Vehicle Road Trip Charging Infrastructure
NPR's cars and energy correspondent takes a road trip in a Hyundai Ioniq 6 to test out the current state of electric vehicle road trip charging infrastructure. While improvements have been made, challenges still exist in terms of charger availability and reliability.
Key Points
- Electric vehicles are central to automakers' future
- Charging infrastructure is at a point of flux
- Improvements have been made, but not evenly distributed
- Different cars and chargers have varying charging speeds
- Tesla's Supercharger network has been transformative in the EV market
- Public charging infrastructure still needs to meet the needs of current and future EVs
Pros
- Electric vehicles are key to automakers' future
- Improvements have been made in road trip charging infrastructure
Cons
- Challenges still exist in charger availability and reliability