08/28/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/28/2024 14:13
Aug 28, 2024
What you need to know: California continues to rapidly expand the most extensive electric vehicle charging network in the country, installing over 24,000 chargers in the first half of 2024.
Los Angeles, California - Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced California has surpassed 150,000 chargers installed statewide, including 137,648 Level 2 chargers and 14,708 fast chargers. This announcement comes just weeks after California posted its second highest ever market share in zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales.
"When it comes to zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, California has no peers. The state is all-in on clean transportation, dedicating unprecedented investments to supercharge our transition. We're building a bigger, better charging network - faster."
Governor Gavin Newsom
Furthering today's announcement, California is also expected to receive more than $380 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for building out chargers.
Building a bigger, better charging network is a key part of the Governor's build more, faster agenda delivering infrastructure upgrades across the state. Find projects in your community at build.ca.gov.
Rapidly deploying funds
This year, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved more than $1 billion in funding for EV charging and hydrogen refueling projects for cars, trucks, and buses. The projects range from deploying chargers in underserved communities to rapid expansion along some of the state's busiest corridors. A few highlights include:
Better data collection
California is working hard to make driving and EV even more seamless in the Golden State, including gathering better data to understand where chargers are most needed and tracking the state's progress in meeting its EV charger goals.
Today's announcement of updated charger totals is the result of improved data collection by the CEC through the use of additional data sources to track operational chargers. Of the more than 47,000 chargers added to the data set since the end of last year, 24,202 new chargers were installed in the first half of 2024. Each day, more EV chargers are coming online in the state, improving day-to-day life for California's EV drivers.
California's ZEV record
Since Governor Newsom's executive order in 2020 calling for all new car sales to be zero-emission by 2035, ZEV sales have risen dramatically.
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