3 obstacles have prevented mass adoption of electric vehicles: limited range, a lack of a public charging network, and high prices. But that's all changing.
Ford is just one of many automakers pushing to expand access to public charging. Tesla now operates about 5,000 Supercharger stations in North America alone, with about 12,000 individual chargers. General Motors recently inked a deal with Bechtel to create its own charging network.
They and other charging companies, like Chargepoint, are lifting a page from the cellphone industry, eliminating costly roaming fees EV owners have had to pay for plugging into chargers run by companies they don’t have a contract with. Having access to charging stations is a definite plus, but there’s also the question of charging times. And those are falling fast. Most new charging stations use Level 3 technology, which delivers anywhere from 150 to 350 kilowatts of power. The new Porsche Taycan will be able to get an 80 percent top-off of a drained battery in just over 20 minutes. That’s not quite as quick as filling up an empty gas tank, but is a far cry from the 10 hours or more some older BEVs required.
There’s another critical ingredient, of course: choice. Until recently, the number of BEV options available to U.S. motorists was sorely limited, especially when it came to long-range models. By the end of next year, there will be at least another dozen, and perhaps as many as 20 more in showrooms, including the eagerly awaited Tesla Model Y, its first mainstream-priced SUV.
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