US Metro Areas by Residents Per EV Chargers, 2022

[dimondpark]

This is a ranking of EV Friendliest Cities but they only use one criteria, so I decided to just title this thread based on the one criteria.

Metro Area---------------Residents per Charger
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose-----465
San Diego------------------------------824
Los Angeles----------------------------852
Denver---------------------------------992
Fresno-Visalia-------------------------1,024
Kansas City---------------------------1,063
Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto------1,111
Boston-Manchester-------------------1,111
Baltmore------------------------------1,234
Seattle-Tacoma-----------------------1,299
Austin---------------------------------1,310
Washington, DC----------------------1,317
Salt Lake City------------------------1,493
Portland------------------------------1,494
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-----------------1,691
Hartford-New Haven-----------------1,848
Las Vegas-----------------------------1,864
Atlanta--------------------------------1,949
West Palm Beach-Ft Pierce----------2,031
Columbus----------------------------2,083
Phoenix-------------------------------2,123
National Average---------------------2,280
Raleigh-Durham---------------------2,453
Orlando-Daytona Beach-------------2,552
New York-----------------------------2,601
Jacksonville--------------------------2,664
Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-----------2,965
Nashville-----------------------------2,981
Charlotte-----------------------------3,000
Chicago------------------------------3,032
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News-3,033
Pittsburgh----------------------------3,063
Philadelphia--------------------------3,071
Albuquerque-Santa Fe---------------3,097
Oklahoma City-----------------------3,164
Minneapolis-St Paul------------------3,232
Harrisburg-Lancaster-York-----------3,351
Detroit--------------------------------3,378
Tampa-St Petersburg----------------3,381
Greenville-Spartansburg-------------3,429
Cincinnati-----------------------------3,465
Dallas-Ft Worth-----------------------3,581
Greensboro-Winston-Salem---------4,153
Houston-------------------------------4,454
Milwaukee----------------------------5,092
Louisville------------------------------5,194
Cleveland-Akron----------------------5,127
San Antonio---------------------------5,386
Indianapolis---------------------------5,422
Birmingham---------------------------5,691
St Louis--------------------------------5,787

https://www.iseecars.com/ev-chargers-study

[JManc]

Not surprised the Bay Area has so many; EV's are so common around here. I can throw a rock and hit about a dozen Model Y's. All of which are doing 10 miles below the speed limit...

[ilcapo]

What pattern can be spotted? As a non american i think of "liberal" cities, and also mainly cities with higher medium incomes.

What else? Mainly white?

Baltimore was a surprise to me.

[iheartthed]

No state has done more to promote EVs than California, so no surprise that all of the top cities are there. I tried looking for a comparison of gas stations per metro, but there's no quickly accessible list.

[dave8721]

Originally Posted by ilcapo

What pattern can be spotted? As a non american i think of "liberal" cities, and also mainly cities with higher medium incomes.

What else? Mainly white?

Baltimore was a surprise to me.

And Minneapolis on the other end.

[SFBruin]

Kind of surprised that Seattle isn't higher, but, good on the other metros for doing more.

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by dave8721

And Minneapolis on the other end.

Battery tech doesn't do so well in cold, I'm not too surprised.

[Nomad9]

Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

Battery tech doesn't do so well in cold, I'm not too surprised.

Most EVs I’ve seen also don’t look like they’d tackle serious snow very well, either. Generally smaller and lower to the ground.

Kansas City’s placement is a surprise to me.